They need to be shown how to become a voice in the federal and probably state sector. This is a public discussion forum. Anyone can post a response. The responses posted here are the opinions of their authors and may be inaccurate and incorrect. The information on this site is not conclusive nor is it a substitute for legal advice.
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You should seek advice from a competent attorney in all legal matters. Tenants generally are not working together to further their interests. In fact there are some very good efforts by a few public housing residents councils in Houston, Austin and San Antonio to improve conditions in their developments. People in public housing are generally labled as bad, illiterate, unconcerned, uncaring and anything else negative as never amounting to anything or even wanting to. It is even worsw when all of their hope is gone and especially when your voice is not heard via your board of commissioners who are in place to destroy them as well as their executive director who is place to make a bigger and much better diference in their lives and the families and seniors who reside within.