Housing Rights in Connecticut
Last updated July 2024
In February 2024, the University Network for Human Rights published an open letter in support of the Cargill Tenants Union and the tenants at The Lofts at Cargill Falls in Putnam, Connecticut. These residents have been organizing to address extreme health and safety hazards.
In collaboration with these communities, UNHR demanded that landlord and property management companies uphold the human right to adequate and safe housing and address the tenant union’s concerns.
The tenant union's organizing ensured that no tenants were forcibly evicted. They were each given the option to either keep six months of withheld rent or sign a re-negotiated lease. The union remediated the complex for future tenants, and their actions pushed the EPA to issue an administrative order against their landlord.
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