Sentences with phrase «housing tenant organizations»

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Much of his account focuses on the work of the representatives of the Local Advisory Council (LAC), a tenant organization that mediated between the residents and the Chicago Housing Authority, local police and other outside institutions.

However, it is also essential to house the elderly and young marrieds, and both these groups often serve as a stabilizing element as well as a positive force in tenants» organizations.

The groups involved include some of the most active in New York City: Alliance for Tenant Power (an umbrella organization of eight other groups including New York Communities for Change, Make the Road NY, and others), Community Voices Heard, Vocal - NY, Citizen Action of New York and Manufactured Housing Action.

It is unlikely all of them will be on the ballot at the time of the primary, but of the ones that appeared before us, we should be aware that Rosie Mendez, an attorney, former tenant advocate specializing in housing issues, and District Leader, leads the pack, with the strongest organization and a battery of endorsements by government leaders including Reps. Velázquez & Maloney, Assemblymembers Glick & Sanders, Senators Connor & Krueger, Council Member Christine Quinn and many of the state committee members and district leaders from all over the Lower East Side and the East Side.

Jaron Benjamin, the executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, a New York City tenants» rights organization, said it's harder to make a dent in the mayoral race because there's so much more money being spent: «In a City Council race you... blow the other candidate out of the water.»

The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) was one of eight organizations that planned the spirited gathering, along with ACORN, Community Voices Heard, Make the Road NY, NYS Tenants & Neighbors Coalition, New York Immigration Coalition, NYC AIDS Housing Network, and the Working Families Party.

«In a City Council race, you can blow the other candidate out of the water,» Jaron Benjamin, the executive director of the tenants» rights organization Metropolitan Council on Housing, told TRD in August.

If the apartment is in a building that was converted from rental housing, no insurance may be provided under Section 234 (c) unless: (1) the potential co-buyer or buyer was a tenant of that rental housing; (2) the conversion occurred more than one year before the application for insurance; or (3) the conversion of the property is sponsored by a tenant's organization that represents a majority of the households in the project.

Here in a series of blog posts, we're excited to share three important takeaways from our rich conversation on maximizing the benefits of solar to affordable housing tenants and the organizations that operate such housing.

Daniel Bramzon is the Executive Director of BASTA, a non-profit organization that advocates for tenant rights and fights to eliminate substandard housing.

I am the Executive Director of Basta, Inc., a nonprofit organization that advocates for tenant rights and fights to eliminate substandard housing.

[263] Employers, housing providers and service organizations have an obligation to protect the health and safety of all their employees, clients and tenants, including people with disabilities, as part of doing business safely, and as part of fulfilling their legal requirements under Ontario's health and safety laws.

Most of those that are not screening their tenants are what I call «Private Property Owners» that have four or five or six tenants that they're screening for, rather than the vast majority of our client base which is large size property management companies or large size multi-family housing organizations or housing authorities.

That said, I do volunteer work with local community organizations teaching classes on «Money Management Matters», «Housing Search - The Initial Inquiry and Interview», and «How to Establish and Maintain Good Landlord - Tenant Relationships.»

Former tenants who had small children and a fair housing organization brought suit against the manager and...