Box 3, Folder 6, Document 40

Box 3, Folder 6, Document 40

Tenentea Mnttad For Fairness
WAHRO, PisASi ROTECT US FROM THE ATLA“TA HCUSING AUTHORITY! !ftrritr!

AHA-———-"Protects" its tenants and encourages beautification of
its projects by tearing up tenants' gardens and bullying
project residents.

AHA----~-— Is rude and imploite wnen a call is received from any. ne
with a Negro voice.



_ AHA-—- Invades the privacy of its tenants' homes by inspecting

apartiaents without notice -—~ often when no-one is hone.

AkA~----—---Does not furnish adequate playground facilities, and
fines tenants whose children are caught playing on the

grass.

AHA- —-Exercises absolute power over its tenants, who must



1. Make it clear that tenant participation »eans that tenants
should be allowed to take part in the operation of local
housing authorities,

2. Allow the tenant a prior fair hearing off any sanctions imposed
by the authority.

3. Establish a Tenant's hearing Panel to hear all complaints of
the tenants and of the Authority.

4. Establish authority-wide rules governiilg evictions, punishments,
ard fines,

It is inconceivable that Public Housing should have come to be
known as the "enemy of the popr", yet this has happened in Atlanta,

We believe HAHRO is truly concerned with the needs and hope of
public housing tenants.

We urge you, therefore, to give us our rights. Remove the power
of intimidation from the hands of pur local tormentors by creating a
tenant hearing panel, empowered to review all decisions of local
housing managers and to hear allTénants complaints. Free us from the
arbitrary acts of local housing managers.