NBC Nightly News Features CAC’s Work with Resident Leaders
A producer from NBC Nightly News contacted CAC in mid-August to learn more about the No More Slumlords organizing campaign and experience firsthand living conditions in these apartments. CAC first met with resident leaders to ensure their comfort with national attention. Trusting that their stories could help change conditions for themselves and others nationwide, resident […]
Sample FOIA letter to request information from HUD
To: (FOIA liaison in your regional HUD office, see below) From: (your name and organization if applicable) Date: RE: (Subject of request, ex. Main Street Apartments or Joe Smith’s HAP Contracts) Under the
Sample FOIA letter to request information from HUD
To: (FOIA liaison in your regional HUD office, see below) From: (your name and organization if applicable) Date: RE: (Subject of request, ex. Main Street Apartments or Joe Smith’s HAP Contracts) Under the Freedom of Information Act, we kindly request (Name the document(s) and describe in detail what you need. Include the year […]
5 Simple steps to take on your HUD funded slumlord!
1.Notify–> 2.Document–> 3.Report & Request–> 4.Organize—> 5.Contact HUD Notify! Notify your maintenance company of ongoing issues. Document! Document issues with photos, videos, and copies of all communications with the property manager and/or landlord. Report & Request! If landlord fails to correct issues, file official complaints with your city or town’s housing regulations authority. Request a […]
NEW CAC Video & Online 2017 Annual Report!
To be more environmentally conscious, CAC’s 2017 annual report has gone totally digital! Click here to view our 2017 annual report and see CAC’s new video produced by Hartford filmmaker Pedro Bermudez.
Leaders Take on Millionaire Slumlord & Win! Battle Continues
In 2007, Laura Schreier wrote an article warning that an alleged slumlord, Emmanuel Ku, was targeting Hartford. Ten years later, 2,300 health and safety violations plagued the Ku owned, 150-unit Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA).
Leaders Take on Millionaire Slumlord & Win! Battle Continues
In 2007, Laura Schreier wrote an article warning that an alleged slumlord, Emmanuel Ku, was targeting Hartford. Ten years later, 2,300 health and safety violations plagued the Ku owned, 150-unit Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA). With CAC’s help, residents organized to put an end to Ku’s poverty profiteering in Hartford. CARA resident leaders – Joshua […]
NEW CAC Video & Online 2017 Annual Report!
To be more environmentally conscious, CAC’s 2017 annual report has gone totally digital! Click here to view our 2017 annual report and see CAC’s new video produced by Hartford filmmaker Pedro Bermudez.
Freedom School 2017
For a second year CAC partnered with the Children’s Defense Fund to offer its Adventures in the City Freedom School (AICFS). The program served 100 little scholars (a 25 percent increase from 2016)
Freedom School 2017
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