Landlord Licensing Bus Tour with ACORN in Calgary!

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Landlord Licensing Bus Tour with ACORN in Calgary! Having fun tagging along with the org as they bring Calgary city councillors to some of the worst rental properties in the city to make the case for landlord licensing.

Thankful that councillors Jennifer Wyness and Andrew Yule came out, with representatives from councillor Clark's office and others also tagging along!

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Some things we saw (that I unfortunately forgot to take photos o)f:

- A staircase where the steps visibly bent under your feet, including two with loose screws being supported by wooden planks with "Fix Me" written in permanent marker.
- A hallway where you could feel the mold and mildew enter your lungs as you breathed
- A laundry room with blood on the wall, a taped over ventilation duct, linoleum that likely hasn't been replaced since at least the 80s, holes covered with plastic board, an abandoned boxspring, and more
- An emergency exit stairwell caked in garbage and pigeon droppings
- Sliding windows without screens on the third floor, which was unable to shut to keep out the cold, and overlooked a ceiling caked in pigeon droppings and injured pigeons
- Banisters that nearly separated from the wall as you held them
- Hallway carpets worn to the plastic holding them together
- Garbage areas where tenants simply piled their larger waste in what resembled a bonfire stack next to the dumpsters