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"Neighborhood concerns about heating
Barry Square Community Center plans to have a group of boy scouts distribute and install insulation kits
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Shows info about candidates running for council, including each candidate's opinion on housing

Southside Newspaper article about the redevelopment of an abandoned school as a 90 unit elderly housing through the leadership of neighborhood resident Mary. R Camilleri.

The Hartford Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP announced an organized campaign against ‘slum lords’ and the conditions they bring in the North End. The conditions specified were rent gouging by the…

Fair Housing has been a subsequent housing struggle that unfortunately continues today. Due to discriminatory practices in housing, the Fair Housing Act was passed as law in 1968. However, that did not end the regime of discriminatory behavior that…

The South End is a classic streetcar suburb characterized by extensive residential development, initially established to accommodate ethnic communities from Southern and Eastern Europe. Originally housing residents from the Old East Side, which is…

Community residents are drafting zone change ordinances to transition from commercial to residential zoning, aiming to preserve the absent residential characteristics of the community.

The Connecticut Housing Investment Fund emphasizes that reinvestment in urban neighborhoods can occur without displacing long-term residents. Planners are actively devising strategies for development that aim to preserve both ethnic and economic…

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…

The Hartford Housing Authority approved a project that focused on the medical and health needs of elderly people living in the charter Oak terrace project. The program starts March 1 and will work with the Hartford Health Department and various…