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The sleep-in with 200 people taking place at city hall, that was a demand for better housing, finally ends. These attempts came to an end when the city provided a written agreement promising five lease-housing rentals.

"South Green neighborhood faces pressure amid conversion to high-income housing
NSA and South Green Community in Action planning for low-income housing
Dec 5 meeting held by Antonio Gonzalez (councilman): housing and development was named the top…

"HART to meet on property tax differential, the almost $300 property tax hike next year(1982)
Tax differential would harm homeowners and provide a big tax break to businesses".

CBT( Connecticut bank) is offering s low-interest loan to people in Frog Hollow to buy a house or fix one up, low-interest forms. For the neighborhood occupying capital avenue, washington street, lincoln/allen/hamilton streets and park terrace.…

HART Meeting on January 26th
The meeting is about tax differentials
Title “Can you ford to stay home January 26?”
Talking about how the tax increase will lead to a rent increase

The HHA decided to stick with their business of running their rental properties and declined the opportunity to be in a program focused on halting the spread of segregated housing in the north end. Percival C. Smith, HHA Chairman. Commissioner Graham…

HART was beaten during the linkage tax issue during 1986, they lost a lawsuit from Hispanic members that stopped developers from improving the Frog Hollow Community and their president Ron Cretaro had left. Jackie Fongemie became the new president of…

30 African-American tenants organized rent strikes in the North End in the hope that it would improve "ghetto housing conditions". This was organized by the Black Housing League to break a cycle by applying economic pressure on landlords and the…

Trasso lives in 4-room apartment and pays $85 rent out of her social security check. The landlord shuts off all gas in the apartment since he can't afford utilities due to the amount of rent he gets from the building. Landlord is in the process of…

House Hunting: the picture shows a "sleep in" staged at city hall in efforts to get Waterbury's administration to come up with acceptable housing.