Word: tenanted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tried to exempt the Craigie Arms apartment building on Mt. Auburn Street from rent control. The structure--since replaced by a modern development--was allowed to run down until its broken intercom system allowed two men to enter an apartment and rape a tenant...
There is a problem which I would like to communicate to you which I believe will be of interest to tenants living in Harvard-owned buildings. I am a tenant who has lived at 95 Prescott St. since October 1974, at which time the 85 and 95 Prescott St. apartments were owned by Mr. Harry Gilbert. Some time in 1979/1980 these two buildings were bought and are now managed by Harvard Real Estate...
...believe one way of assessing problems is through questionnaires sent periodically to tenants to evaluate the performance and conduct of their janitors. No tenant should have to tolerate the presence of a janitor who is unwilling to work for him/her. I have learned that there are tenants in other buildings who are dissatisfied with this janitor. We should not be compelled to solve our problems through Tenants' Unions...
Avol has spruced up his temporary roost with fresh coats of paint, but residents of the four-story building tell of crumbling plaster, missing windows, faulty plumbing, roaches and rats. "I catch a minimum of ten mice a week," says Tenant Jose Cavasos. Even if Avol substantially improves the building, his eye may be on the bottom line: the apartment house is up for sale...
Although approximately 60 percent of Filipinos are employed in agriculture, 80 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, and wealthy landowners control the bulk of capital and political power. The tenant farmers have the numbers, but the landlords have the money. Both have threatened to take up arms over an unsuitable agrarian reform policy...