Community Organizing in 2018
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City of Hartford looking to re-vamp housing code
HARTFORD—The city is looking to re-vamp its housing code and this comes after what many residents say are calling an invasion of slum lords. No more slum lordS …https://cljct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lawsuit-HUD-perpetuated-racial-segregation-in-Hartford-area-fox61.com-1.mp4 HARTFORD—The city is looking to re-vamp its housing code and this comes after what many residents say are calling an invasion of slum lords. No more […]
New Hartford Housing Code Sparked by No More Slumlords Campaign
On June 3, 2019, Mayor Luke Bronin, city leaders, and organizers gathered on the steps of 65 Albany Avenue, in Hartford, to discuss the new Hartford housing code proposed by Mayor Bronin. This is the building where the No More Slumlords Campaign was launched. Joshua Serrano, resident leader and now CAC organizer, spoke along with […]
More HUD-funded Slumlords Kicked Out of Hartford
On the heels of the No More Slumlords Campaign win at the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA), CAC has successfully organized north end residents in two more campaign wins! Because of the power of organizing, more than 260 families now have the opportunity to move to safer, quality living conditions. Barbour Gardens Apartments, located on […]
The Invisible Wall Around Poverty
“As much as we hear talks about a wall [at the border], a lot of people are not aware that there is an invisible wall around Hartford for those of us who are poor, and particularly for those who have black or brown skin like myself.” – Josh Serrano, CAC Organizer At the First Church […]
Spreading the Gospel of Organizing
In staying true to CAC’s mission to develop leaders who act collectively for social justice through broad-based organizing, CAC organizers have been spreading the gospel of organizing with students at Trinity College. Over the last year, CAC has collaborated many times with Trinity’s Center for Hartford Engagement and Research (CHER), whose goal is to strengthen […]
A Mighty Show of Faith: Organizing assembly brings out nearly 300 people
Imagine what life in our Greater Hartford region could be like if our religious institutions actually possessed the moral force to make it a more just and equitable place? CAC embarked upon this imaginative task in September 2016 when it convened the inaugural Greater Hartford Sponsoring Committee meeting. Less than three years later, nearly 300 […]
Hartford public housing residents celebrate a win
HARTFORD – After years of living in poor conditions in Hartford’s Barbour Gardens Apartments, the residents of the 84 public housing units will now … https://cljct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Hartford-public-housing-residents-celebrate.mp4 HARTFORD – After years of living in poor conditions in Hartford’s Barbour Gardens Apartments, the residents of the 84 public housing units will now be permitted to take their […]
HUD says it will relocate Hartford tenants from apartments featured in NBC News investigation
By Laura Strickler, Hannah Rappleye and Suzy Khimm WASHINGTON — Tenants of a troubled federally subsidized apartment complex in Hartford, Connecticut, were told Friday that the Department of Housing and Urban Development had canceled their landlord’s contract and will move them to new homes. The Infill Apartments were featured in a three-month NBC News investigation that found rats, mold, roaches and […]
Continuing shutdown roils public housing tenants
Community organizer Tieasha Gayle speaks to Barbour Gardens tenants at a meeting on Tuesday Late last year, a housing official was helping dozens of families in Hartford’s Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments move from the vermin and mold-infested public housing project to new, safe, affordable homes. But after the Department of Housing and Urban Development became […]