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Alberta ACORN

The Alberta branch of ACORN Canada.

The national organization of low and moderate income people fighting for healthy homes, living wages, civil rights, and bank reform.

05/28/2026

Landlord Licensing Civics Workshop!
ACORN is organizing for real concrete changes in law!
Tenants have almost no protections in Alberta but we’re going to change that!

05/25/2026

Calgary Max Temp Bylaw NOW! 🔥🌡️☀️ 🥵
We know the Province may fight a Maximum Temperature Bylaw. We know housing standards have historically been treated as provincial jurisdiction. And we already know this provincial government is not planning to protect tenants from extreme heat.

But that cannot be an excuse for inaction while we wait for more renters to get sick and die in dangerously hot apartments.

Right now, Calgary already licenses rental properties and enforces fire safety standards through that system. We are saying the City should expand those protections to include extreme indoor heat and other serious health and safety protections.

If the Province wants to block municipalities from protecting tenants during deadly heat waves, then they should have to say that publicly. They should have to explain why they refuse to act themselves while also preventing cities from acting.

Waiting quietly for another level of government to maybe care someday will not save lives in the next heat wave.

Let’s force the issue into the open, build pressure and people power, and make it politically impossible to ignore that renters are being left unprotected as temperatures rise.

Calgary must choose to lead because we can’t afford to wait.

05/24/2026

Today ACORN and launched our Maximum Temperature Bylaw campaign! 🌡️🔥

Calgarians are demanding action from City Hall to protect renters from dangerous indoor heat. No one should be forced to live in unsafe temperatures during extreme heat events.

We’re calling on the City of Calgary to:
❄️ Implement a Maximum Temperature Bylaw with a maximum indoor temperature of 26°C
❄️ Enforce the bylaw through a Landlord licensing program
❄️ Create a free portable air conditioner program for low-income households
❄️ Track heat related deaths and illnesses

Now you might be thinking: Hey wouldn’t this be a provincial issue?
And ordinarily you’d be right. it would be. However, we’re not holding our breath that a province wide apartment maximum temperature rule is high on the list of priorities for Danielle Smith and the UCP and they don’t seem interested in meeting with us to discuss it.

So we’re calling on the to act. Extreme heat is an issue of health and safety. It’s an issue of life and death.

The City MUST enforce a maximum temperature bylaw by implementing a landlord licensing system. This would enable them to enforce health and safety standards in rental apartments. Just like they already do for fire safety.

Will the province fight this?
Maybe. Probably. Let’s find out.
Because doing nothing is unacceptable and people are going to die.

In 2021, hundreds of seniors died (mostly low income renters) during the heat dome in B.C.
Extreme heat is becoming more common, and renters — especially low-income, seniors, disabled people, and those in older buildings — are being left without protections.

New Westminster became the first city in Canada to pass a Maximum Temperature Bylaw. Calgary must follow suit.

05/20/2026

Tuesday postering blitz!

05/16/2026

City centre chapter meeting last night! Join us for some outreach on Tuesday at 3:30! Meet at the ACORN office at 805 1 St SW!

05/13/2026

ACORN out again this morning saying NO to ADAP ✊
The UCP and Danielle Smith think people will eventually move on and forget.
We don’t have that luxury and we won’t stop!

05/01/2026

Take a moment to understand the conditions that landlords like Avenue Living force their tenants to live in. (For $1500/month)

Would you live here? Would you feel safe? Would you be able to sleep or relax???

Renters at Avenue Living owned Applewood Village have asked, begged, pleaded, gone to the RTDRS and gone to court just for proper pest control and heathy homes. All to no avail.

We have had ENOUGH.

The city of Calgary must implement a landlord licensing system to proactively enforce health and safety standards in rental apartments.
We can’t wait any longer!

Councillor Andrew Yule Nathaniel Schmidt Jeromy "Pathfinder" Farkas DJ Kelly Councillor Jennifer Wyness for Ward 2. John Pantazopoulos Councillor for Ward 6
CMcalgary

04/27/2026

Calgary ACORN was back out this morning making the stakes of ADAP clear. ADAP=POVERTY

Have you signed our online action yet? Send a letter to Jason Nixon here: https://acorncanada.org/take_action/say-no-to-adap-protect-disability-supports/

04/24/2026

Today we brought City Hall to our doorsteps. 🚌

ACORN members led a landlord licensing bus tour across Calgary, showing councillors firsthand the reality tenants are living with — buildings in serious disrepair, where health and safety are treated as optional.

Thank you to and for joining us and Jesse from the office of for joining us to see what “complaint-based enforcement” really looks like on the ground!

Tenants shouldn’t have to fight this hard just to live in safe homes. We need a comprehensive landlord licensing system that proactively enforces standards—before conditions reach a breaking point.

Calgary needs landlord licensing and real landlord accountability! We won’t back down.

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223 12th Avenue SW #23
Calgary, AB

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Website

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