Seramonte Estates News Today

A large Hamden landlord has moved to overturn three rent-hike-stifling decisions -- and has asked a state court to declare the town's Fair Rent ordinance…

Hamden’s Fair Rent Commission convened Thursday night to continue hearing its first slate of cases in four years — and wound up further postponing a…

Hamden's Fair Rent Commission arose from the dead -- and heard from tenants facing rent increases of up to 75 percent at a pothole-laden apartment…

"There are no other municipalities in CT that have anything like this," Elicker said before signing a law giving tenant unions a role in Fair Rent proceedings.

This hour, we hear about the rise of tenant unions in our state from Connecticut Public's Camila Vallejo and the Connecticut Mirror's Ginny Monk. The Connecticut Tenants Union and one resident and organizer at Seramonte Estates in Hamden also join us.

HAMDEN — Sameed Iqbal is afraid he and his family will be homeless next month. The Hamden resident recalled how that possibility took shape one day this summer, when he came home to find a notice on h...

Sameed Iqbal is one of at least a dozen tenants who have filed complaints with the town...

Bouncing as she walked, plastic heels clacking on the concrete as she swished her colorful “Encanto” costume, 4-year-old Ayla pointed to the sidewalk in front of her. "Watch out for the holes,” she warned. Ayla — not her real name — has lived in the Wedgewood Apartments in Bloomfield nearly all her life. (The CT Mirror/CT Public agreed to the family’s request not to identify the child.)

In Connecticut, protections for people who rent their homes are limited. Tenant unions aren’t new, but they've gained momentum in Connecticut over the past year, with at least five tenants unions having formed.

“It’s a slap in the face … How long do you give them a chance? How long do you get?” asked Donna Curry, Ayla’s grandmother, referring to the landlord she hasn’t met since they took over in 2020.