MORAL MONDAY CT BLACK LEADERSHIP MEETS WITH RESIDENTS OVER CONCERNS

It was a nice...sunny day September 19, 2015 at the address 4-40 Vine Street Apartments in Hartford. At 11:00am Moral Monday CT black leadership met residents of this apartment complex about concerns. The residents have in the past helped run drug dealers out of the apt. complex and forced renovations to the massive structures on Vine Street. However now there are concerns about problems in newly renovated buildings only months after people moved in. Bishop John Selders, wife Pamela Selders, and Cornell Lewis toured the apartment complex and listened to the residents complaints. There are five major complaints from residents (1.) buildings are not maintained in the back, dumpsters not emptied they smell... and crawling with maggots, (2.) there are vermin in building e.g. mice, spiders, roaches and bats inside walls, (3.) buildings are not consistently cleaned inside by regular staff. This lack of cleaning is due to management hiring other workers for cheaper rates, (4.) employees are not recording rental fees responsibility... inaccurate ledgering of rental monies, (5.) apartments advertised as including heat... air conditioning... and water within rental payment. However when residents moved in management changed the story so that residents pay for these utilities.

Residents blame Schochet Companies 536 Granite Street ... Braintree, Massachusetts as the culprit behind these problems with apartments. There are reports of residents having tried to present concerns to Schochet Companies but have not been taken seriously. It worth noting that residents of 4-40 Vine Street Apartments contacted Moral Monday CT leadership for guidance and advocacy around this issue. There are so called black leaders in Hartford running around promoting their persona... getting photographed with politicians and promoting feel good events. Yet when people of color in this apartment complex need help... so called black leaders are not to be found. I guess it is easier to go stand with lawmakers at the Legislative Office Building than be with your people in the Northend of Hartford. Well at least Moral Monday CT black leadership is addressing the needs of marginalized people instead of grinning like Buckwheat with the white power structure.