CASA Leader Carmen Vega-Rivera speaks out on the compounding permanent increases through Major Capital Improvements and the increases voted upon by the Rent Guidelines Board. “When you combine all that and then you add a one-year or two-year increase, you’re substantially impacting that family. I’m getting impacted. I worked my whole life as a professional,” said […]
Bronx tenants were out in force last night to tell the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) not to increase rents! For over 5 hours, tenant after tenant shared how pressures of displacement are forcing them out of their homes and lining the pockets of their landlords. Tenants shared how Major Capital Improvements (MCIs), Individual Apartment Improvements (IAIs), […]
Tenants at 1072 Woodycrest Ave have been living without gas since January and without reliable elevator service for years. Their landlord recently swapped out their gas stoves for electric ones and is fixing their elevator all because he has plans to apply for an MCI to make tenants pay more rent for services they didn’t […]
We are excited to share with you updates on our fight against the Jerome Ave rezoning plan, what the final plan will mean to tenants and workers in the area including what we won and will continue to do to fight for our neighborhood! Additionally, we won major victories in our new No More MCIs […]
Ballin’ Against Gentrification! It’s basketball season again at CASA!! We are excited to announce that we will be having our 2nd Basketball Tournament on Saturday, April 21st! So mark your calendars and check out how to help make it a success! You can: Form a Team! Grab a few friends to help you raise $100 to support […]
We are excited to share with you updates including the beginning of the ULURP process in the Jerome Ave rezoning plan and the response by tenants and workers including packing hearings, the ground-breaking Right to Counsel Victory, the new No More MCI Campaign and wins from Stabilizing NYC! Additionally there are updates on our tenant […]
Join us to help celebrate tenant power, Bronx power and CASA POWER!! This year, CASA will be celebrating resistance. This has been a year of incredible wins from making history by establishing a right to counsel in housing court, getting the Rent Guidelines Board lower their initial rent increases, and building a strong coalition to […]
On Friday, August 11 2017, New York officially became the first city in the country to establish a right to counsel! Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Intro 214-B in the Bronx making it a right for tenants facing evictions to have a lawyer in Housing Court! This will mean that tenants no longer have to […]
We are excited to share with you updates on the fight for the lowest possible rent increases from the Rent Guidelines Board, the Bronx March for Affordable Housing as part of our Rezoning campaign and a CASA March Against Displacement! Additionally there are updates on our tenant organizing, our upcoming 3rd annual Gala and our […]
CASA is proud to present our new white paper, Resisting Displacement: Lessons from CASA’s Tenant Organizing in the Southwest Bronx! In the last year, CASA has organized or provided technical assistance to over 90 buildings, which are home to more than 7,000 families. In the last year alone, over 4,000 tenants have actively engaged in […]