Community Corner

Riverview tenant council report Tenants finally get trash barrels Under the threat of action SHA finally put more barrels outside.  A gain tenants showed their cooperation – the barrels were filled in two days.  We must get SHA to empty them more often or the barrels and will be useless . 103 – 105 division ...

Report on first tenant council The members of the Riverview T. C. held their first meeting on June 26, 1972.  Tenant representatives jumped right into areas of concern to them.  There’s a good spirit among the representatives and they are eager about working to get things improved in the project.  Here are some of the new ...

Last Friday 23 residents were elected to the Riverview Tenant Council by their neighbors. Voting was very spirited as 168 tenants turned out on a rainy day to select their representatives. Three young residents from the ages of sixteen to eighteen were also elected to represent the large population of young people in the project. The results are ...

The election of the Riverview tenant council will take place this Friday, June 16 in the entrance to the administration building. Many tenants are interested in serving on the tenant council and have submitted nomination papers. Candidates are: 122 Clyde – pick 3 Carmen Gonzalez Fannie Grant Nereida Jimenez Carmen Mercado Delores Dee ...

May 30 1972 Vol 1 #5 MEETING TO START TENANT COUNCIL IS BIG SUCCESS About 60 Riverview residents met Thursday night May 25 to set up the tenant council.  In the group decided that there should be representation from each area of the project as well as use the representation.  High rise representation will be as follows 105 and 103 ...

8th FLOOR TENANTS WIN Tenants on the eighth floor of the high-rise buildings would been pressing the housing authority for damages caused by the King groups got their money last week.  Members of the group headed by Mrs. Carmen Piniero received checks for claims ranging from $5.00 to $40.00.  A contractor has been selected to fix the ...

ALL TENANTS ON THE 8TH FLOOR If you have water leaking from the roof If you’re curtains have been destroyed by the water If your children have been sick because of the water coming into your apartment Come to the meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 28, at the tenant organization office time 11:00 AM.  Call Jose or Simon for more ...

In our first two weeks of visiting Riverview tenants, we have talked with 40 families. Almost every family has some problem in their apartment that they have been trying to get the housing authority to look at.  Some problems are serious.  Some are just small problems.  What we want to show you is how you can make the housing ...

Dear SHA Board Member We as tenants of the Springfield Housing Authority would like to make these comments on Mr. Asselin's Temporary Grievance Procedure before the board tonight. 1. We as individual tenants were not notified that such a procedure was being made and we feel as tenants we have the right to be personally notified as to its ...

We Want to Meet You This week we started working as community organizers for the tenants of Riverview. We have been hired to work for you and we consider the people of Riverview to be our bosses. We are NOT employees of the Housing Authority. Over the next few weeks, we will be visiting each family in Riverview to discuss you feelings about ...