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 […]
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 […]
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).
Community Organizing in 2017
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Power Together: Building a North End Core Team in Hartford’s Promise Zone
The air in the room was thick, and seemed to get thicker with the passing of each moment. Tears streamed down cheeks as one by one leaders bravely shared some of the most heart-wrenching stories
Mayor Bronin to “aggressively pursue” North End slumlord
“The City will now aggressively pursue any and all options,” was the declaration made by Mayor Luke Bronin in regards to holding Emmanuel Ku, owner of the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA), responsible for gross neglect of the property. Bronin made the decisively bold statement at a May 3 meeting held by CARA resident leaders […]
What’s Race Got to Do with It? A white man’s perspective
CAC partnered with Immanuel Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, and the Episcopal Church of Connecticut to sponsor a second round of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) antiracism training. Forty people gathered for the 2.5-day training held April 24-26, 2018, at St. John’s Episcopal Church in West Hartford. A third round will take […]
After Two Deaths, HPD Heeds Parents’ Demand for Crossing Guards
Denise Fillion, School Crossing Guard Supervisor for the Hartford Police Department (HPD) Traffic Division, sent a letter to the Milner School office dated August 22, 2017, informing the school that two crossing guard posts associated with the school would be closing.
After Two Deaths, HPD Heeds Parents’ Demand for Crossing Guards
Denise Fillion, School Crossing Guard Supervisor for the Hartford Police Department (HPD) Traffic Division, sent a letter to the Milner School office dated August 22, 2017, informing the school that two crossing guard posts associated with the school would be closing.
Hartford’s Christian Activities Council Works Side by Side with Residents for Housing Justice
U.S. Rep. John Larson, left, sent a video message of support to Josh Serrano and the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments tenants. The bottom level of the famous hierarchy of needs, postulated by Abraham Maslow in the 1940s, is physiological. The most basic needs of human beings have to do with the survival and safety of […]