HARTFORD, CT – State legislators and members of the public attended an inaugural forum about fair rent commissions on Tuesday and learned about the role they can play in mediating disputes between tenants and landlords.
In less than two weeks, the Blake Street 16 went from facing eviction court to pioneering the first landlord-tenant negotiations in Connecticut's history.
After landlord Ocean Management said it was looking to sell properties at 195 and 199 Lenox St., tenants formed a union to renew existing leases and protect against rent increases.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. This summer, the Blake Street Tenants Union in New Haven has been actively mobilizing mass action and engaging in a stiff legal struggle to defend their community from ongoing aggressive, profit-driven rent increases.
One of Yale's politically powerful labor unions has thrown its support behind Mayor Justin Elicker in his bid for another term in office, praising his…