(Editors Note: the community may recall two working families which New River Tenants Union has helped with eviction and unsafe housing because of slumlord neglect. The following interviews with both the Sherman family and the Crismond family provide an update on their situations since losing their homes. Please help local working families get the gift … Continue reading Working Families Homeless During The Holidays
Radford Retaliates, Throws Family to the Curb
Recently we published a report on the living conditions of Radford Companies' tenants. We did so anonymously to protect the identity of the Sherman family and prevent retaliation from the slumlord. Yet Radford Companies property manager Tina managed to identify them: Radford Companies' property manager Tina claims the dilapidated unit isn't theirsThen they change their … Continue reading Radford Retaliates, Throws Family to the Curb
Working Single Mom of Two Homeless Due to Slumlord
We are calling on the community and our broader networks to help a local worker out in their time of need. Melanie is a hard-working single mom of two. They have become homeless due to a negligent slumlord making their dwelling unsafe and refusing to fix it. She breaks her back everyday working at the … Continue reading Working Single Mom of Two Homeless Due to Slumlord
There Is Power In A Union…
As we told the community recently in 'Radford Companies At It Again' this local slumlord has been negligent towards their tenants, allowing water to leak for close to a year now at this particular tenant's dwelling. And as we mentioned last time the source of this leak was speculated by Radford Companies to be an … Continue reading There Is Power In A Union…
Radford Companies At It Again…
Since the public launch of the New River Tenants Union we have been receiving report after report from tenants of Radford Companies. It is common knowledge among anyone who has rented from them that they are a literal slumlord who has a track record of negligence, constantly in violation of the VRLTA. We are now … Continue reading Radford Companies At It Again…