In many cases, the rents are close to what they can be. If we're talking about rent increases, maybe we're talking about a few bucks a month. Fisher's organization is working with other tenants groups citywide to barrage legislators with phone calls and letters. More demonstrations and lobbying days are planned. You've got people involved in the tenant movement now who never in their whole life thought they'd have to worry about their apartments.
Many residents have three generations of family living in the complex.
People like myself living here 39 years made the communities what they are. We send our children to the schools, shop in the stores, attend the synagogues. People become community-minded when they know they're not going to lose their homes and don't have to worry they won't be able to pay for it. It's really a community thing. We keep the community stable, and any change in that would destabilize the neighborhood.