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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,…

Twenty tenants of 48-50 Forest Street met with representatives from the Hartford Capital Fund, building owners, and Invest Management Company (IMG) to address security, health, and maintenance concerns. The tenants had previously outlined their…

The house at 275 Collins St., initially slated for demolition, has been spared through collective efforts of local organizations such as Asylum Hill Inc., The Connecticut Housing Investment Fund (CHIF), and Central Asylum Hill Association (CAHA).…

Vecinos Unidos representatives have met several times with officials at the Connecticut Bank & Trust Co., holders of the mortgage for 26 Cedar St., pictured above. The first floor occupants, the Santana family, must contend with broken porch…

Commitee of 24, a Puerto-Rican activist group planned a mass rally on October 15, 1979 to City Council to protest the housing crisis that affected the city's poor income residents, many of whom are Puerto-Rican. The goals of this meeting were to…

Meisha Kreisberg of Sigourney Square and Vice President of Hartford Neighborhood Housing Services (HNHS) expresses satisfaction with the potential re-funding of several programs through the Community Development Act (CDA). The discussed programs…

In a letter to the editors of the paper, a resident of Asylum Hill conveys his concerns with the state of housing. He describes the decline of the previously "solid residential status" of the area by describing conditions like excessive trash strewn…