Renters protested at Fletcher Plaza on August 12 to demand that Aurora's City Council do more to protect the public from bad landlords.
Michael Lunsford, a protester with EC3, shouts"tenant power!" at an Aurora protest on Saturday for more laws protecting tenants.Broken thermostats in the winter. Mold on the ceilings. Corroded pipes and water damage.turning a blind eye to their problems — and it's time for city council to step in.
Michael Lunsford, a protester with EC3, said during a speech at the rally that his unit is infested with"mice, spiders [and] flies" — and his landlord has yet to do anything about it. Clementine Gasimba, a refugee from Congo who has been in Colorado for nine years, lives on Yosemite Street and East Colfax Avenue with her two children and says her unit currently has no heating or cooling.
Protesters hold up signs and shout through megaphones at passing cars on East Colfax during a demonstration for tenant rights on Saturday.Kassa recalls a story of a tenant living on Dallas Street who had to go to the hospital multiple times because of mold. This was despite Aurora Code Enforcement visiting the unit"several times," she says.
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