By Patti Pokorchak

A rally outside outside 230 Lake Promenade was held on August 28 to
update tenants on the status of the threatened demoviction of 548 units,
uprooting over 1,000 long-term tenants over the next 10-12 years.
The eviction will effect residents of 220, 230, 240 Lake Promenade and
21, 31 Park Boulevard.
Geoff from the Federation of Metro Tenants’ Association shared his
extensive experience with demoviction negotiations so that the Lake Promenade
community knows what they can ask for.
This included comprehensive moving packages, rent gap payments and even input
into the final building design has been won by other tenants that set a precedent.
Residents of the five buildings were able to talk to representatives from Ward 3
Councillor Amber Morley’s office who were there to lend their support and make
notes of issues raised, as well as the Lakeshore Affordable Housing Advocacy &
Action Group (LAHAAG), who distributed a flyer on how they can help.
Upcoming dates to note are September 6 at LAMP CHC, at 185 Fifth Street, for a
LAHAAG-sponsored banner-making party in support of International Tenants’ Day.
And on October 2 there is a rally being organized by NoDemovicition.ca at City
Hall at 5 p.m. It is tenant-driven organized to protest the hundred plus demovictions
happening in Toronto at this time.
Morley’s staff shared a date of September 27 for the first tenants-only meeting, to be
held locally and with city staff to discuss the compensation packages that they are
being proposed. If you want to be kept informed e-mail pattipokorchak@gmail.com
to be put on the Lake Promenade Tenants Association mailing list.