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Executives of the housing organization said they would bring in a tenant under the federal Section 8 housing subsidy program each time an apartment opened up. Units would return to rent control if their subsidized tenants left...
...past, Graham has also faced criticisms that she is willing to compromise her principles, particularly where her family is concerned. In 1985, a series of articles in The Boston herald accused Graham of involvement in the real estate activities of one of her sons and questioned her devotion to tenant's rights...
When Washington Mayor Marion Barry handed a golden key to Kimi Gray last week, an unprecedented transaction was at hand: tenants of a once run-down public- housing complex were about to buy the property. Gray had been fighting for this moment since 1981, when she decided that the Kenilworth projects' 464 apartments needed tenant management. Gray organized and inspired the tenants, got them to keep their kids in school and hunt for jobs. By 1986, rent receipts were up 77%; Gray says welfare dependency, once as high as 85%, is down...
...other Rockwell Gardens couples are the unexpected result of the CHA's belated attempt to make the city's notorious public housing safe for its 150,000 residents. Last month Vincent Lane, the energetic new head of the CHA, posted round-the-clock guards to prevent anyone without a tenant identification card from remaining overnight...
Initially some residents complained about the crackdown, but they have quickly become accustomed to the feeling of safety it provided. The newly married residents may bolster a tenant patrol that will soon take the place of the police. Says Lane: "Hopefully these guys who are hiding and ducking and dodging may be able to step forward and be responsible...