Welcome to the 100 State Street TENANTS NETWORK!
100 State TENANTS Network
RIGHTS of the tenants, by the tenants, and for the tenants!
This group is for any tenants who live at 100 State Street
· 100 State Street is owned by Portland Housing Authority is one of Maine’s largest housing developers and management companies. Their website’s staff directory lists 41 employees. They own over 1,000 units representing over 2,000 tenants in Portland, Maine. They administer 1,754 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers representing over 3,500 people. They own, manage, or administer several hundred more units representing approximately 1,000 more people. FMI: www.PortHouse.org
· 100 State Street is held by Portland Housing Authority in a non-profit corporation called State Street Housing Preservation Corporation.
· 100 State Street has a HUD-subsidized mortgage under the project-based section 8 program.
· 100 State Street is managed by Hall-Keen Management, Inc. FMI: www.HallKeen.com
FROM HALL-KEEN’S WEBSITE:
HallKeen’s current portfolio includes more than 5,000 units of multi family residential housing in sixty-one separate partnerships, 258 units of assisted living residences in four partnerships, and approximately 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, inclusive of light industrial, office and biotech laboratory space. HallKeen has a strong presence throughout New England, North Carolina and Virginia. While retaining prime focus on affordable housing, HallKeen manages a diverse portfolio of residential housing, commercial properties and assisted living communities.
HallKeen is staffed by a group of dedicated, experienced, and highly motivated individuals. There are 36 employees working at the central office in Norwood, and more than 350 employees working at the various sites. Andrew P. Burnes, President, guides and runs the day-to-day affairs of the company.
· Tenants everywhere have rights via the US Constitution, laws (state & federal), municipal ordinances and housing codes, federal rules & regs (HUD, EPA, etc.), state rules & regs (Maine Housing, Maine DEP, Maine State Bureau of Pesticides Control, etc.)
· Sometimes, as tenants, we forget we even have rights … unused rights are weakened
· Often, large bureaucracies find tenants rights annoying, cumbersome, and expensive – so, they seem to conveniently (for them) forget that tenants have rights.
· Tenants can help each other to remember to exercise their rights!
· Tenants can help bureaucracies – both large & small – to remember that tenants have rights which must be observed (this is not optional).
· So, join us & let’s explore & exercise our rights together! Together, we can facilitate communication between tenants and any bureaucracy – large or small!
RESOURCES:
Portland Tenants Union www.PortlandTenants.org
National Alliance of HUD Tenants (NAHT) www.SaveOurHomes.org
Maine Housing Network www.MaineHousing.us
Housing NOW! www.HousingNOW.net
YOU CAN connect with your fellow tenants…
by email: OneHundredStateStreet@yahoo.com
by web: www.OneHundredStateStreet.wordpress.com
February 1, 2010 at 10:30 pm
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