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Raging roomers demand protection, Roomers and boarders marched on Housing Minister Alvin Curling's down town Toronto office yesterday urging him to se(...)
Raging roomers demand protection, Roomers and boarders marched on Housing Minister Alvin Curling's down town Toronto office yesterday urging him to se(...)

Raging roomers demand protection, Roomers and boarders marched on Housing Minister Alvin Curling's down town Toronto office yesterday urging him to se(...)

Date2/12/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Raging roomers demand protection; Roomers and boarders marched on Housing Minister Alvin Curling's down town Toronto office yesterday urging him to set a date for legislation to protect them against arbitrary eviction.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011957F
Downtown scene, Here roomers are often the elderly
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