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Mayor Glynn says that housing codes can be used to combat lousy landlords, and not withholding rents of recipients living in dangerous housing. He discusses how strict enforcement and ordinacnes can be more beneficial than a rent strike.

Morris Sacks, a landlord in New Haven who owns 31 apartments, is under fire from 20 of his tenants who have set up a rent strike. The reason is a violation of housing codes.

Rent strikes that took place in Harlem, NYC have begun to have their effects here in Hartford; NECAP members have sent representatives to study the "HARLEM PLAN" that virtually legalizes rent strikes. The public is tired of lousy landlords and poor…

NECAP causes landlords to lose his tenants due to rent strikes. Some tenants preffered moving over getting involved with NECAP, the landlord's lawyer spoke. The rent strike, that had previously ended, made the landlord agree to make repairs in the…

Following a city inspection, a landlord was ordered to make reuired repairs in two of his buildings. The landlord appeals this order but tenant protestors demanded that the landlord makes these repairs. If the landlord does not comply, further legal…

This article concerns housing inequality; the president of the Maryland Association of Real Estate Boards says that individual property owners, regardless of race, color, or creed, must be allowed under law to retain the right to determine…

A group working toward the formation of a Puerto Rican tenant's union in the city is currently conducting spot housing inspections in the city's Puerto Rican communities. This committee will overcome the language barrier between tenants, landlords,…

Sixteen tenants who have not paid their rent are facing eviction. The landlord believes that NECAP has failed to live up to their agreement (checks from the State Welfare Dept. were returned to the state or held by a bondsman until the strike was…

The Black Housing League whoch consists of 15 families from the North End, invites all Greater Hartford tenants to join them in a rent strike in June.The strike is to ensure that Hartford inspects all issues to ensure they are following housing…

A student who visited Hartford discusses the poor living conditions he witnessed while following up on tenant complaints.