Before Senator John Edwards arrived at the Yankee Hotel and Antonio Villaraigosa, SRO Housing Corporation employees began to arrive. Most of them are employees who live in SRO Housing Corporation Hotels. But the way the production played out was that Teresa Cooper was going to be a spokesperson, she lives in this hotel. I have got to hand it to her though, being a junior employee at SRO Housing Corporation , she does live in cramped quarters with her probably now 20 year old son. One thing that was not mentioned was that her son is also now a new employee at SRO Housing Corporation.
These not for profits always have their interviews done by their employees without the real tenants allowed to speak. The mainstream press falls for this all of the time and the main stream press is probably kicking themselves now because they present a skewed and corporate line type of news. This is why the newspapers are dying. People say it is because of the internet. My opinion is the press doesn't do their research.
Rumors are ,and no proof exists, that Teresa Cooper was hired by Anita Nelson, the executive director, directly , of course, as a favor to Teresa. Teresa who is an employee at SRO Housing Corporation and the the assistant manager of the southern Hotel does not pay rent, just like all managers in SRO. She started out as a manager here and still is. The question begs... Was the tale that was told to reporters at the press conference a true tale of woe of having to live in a car with her son? Knowing that Teresa Cooper is an employee of SRO Housing Corporation along with many other employees , who by the way reside in SRO , simply because they can not afford to live anywhere else , because their salaries are not as huge as the Executive Director's which is a 6 figure income , can they be trusted to tell the truth about their housing , and what we really reside in? Was her tale a true tale of living on the street.I can name those who were there. Like I said, they were employees of SRO Housing Corporation.
We all are aware here that these types of productions happen all of the time.
The truth is that SRO Housing Corporation is not going to allow the tenants who are not their employees be near those who give them funding sources. It doesn't matter now. We know who their funding sources are and will be able to get the video and the letters from the actual paying tenants to those people providing the funding , along with letters to the Senator letting him know the way SRO Housing Corporation actually builds their structures.
It might be time to take on the next phase. Do we keep quiet as SRO Housing Corporation takes your tax payer dollars and the pre-development dollars from the NeW Generation Fund that people such as KOO and the Banks work hard to put together for those who need low income housing and just make the most prettiest housing , but not very livable for tenants? Many of the employees are provided air conditioning by the company, to make up for the deficiencies found in the buildings , yet SRO Housing Corporation circulated notices to tenants that they must remove their air conditioners.
To me it is the most saddest thing in the world when you have oppressive managers who work at SRO Housing Corporation being presented as the actual tenants. This is not good. The tenants who do not work for SRO Housing Corporation are not swayed by what the employees tell us as far as who we should vote for and which candidates are the best to help us in this community. Many of the tenants , walking by the event, told me that they despise SRO, and, of course, we got into the same discussion we always get into. Should we be grateful for our housing ?,with the argument that yes , we are grateful , but does that mean we have to live in horrible conditions? One person even asked , because they know what it is like to live in the sro hotels during the summer: did concentration camp victims tell their captives that they were grateful for the free housing that was provided for them by the NAZIS? Many have never seen the inside of the older sro's and have never seen the way that the newer ones were constructed. The new one I live in has no cross ventilation in this building, there is no drywall or insulation between the brick wall that is the outside wall. The hotel being put up next to this one will see the same problem. This is a hotel that houses veterans.
We need to begin to speak up about this problem. IF we do not, many people will continue to die in this housing due to heat. Yet, when a person dies in one of these buildings directly from the heat, SRO will claim it was due to drug use or an overdose. Many of us living here know better, and also know that even if it was an overdose , in the summer , when it gets hot, the overdose was more than likely brought on by the heat. IF the person is dehydrated it becomes much easier for the organs to shut down, esp. if they were using drugs. Many are also on legal drugs for various ailments.
I think it is time, we , as a community blew the whistle on SRO Housing Corporation. It is time to stand up and say no more. It is time to say that we will not tolerate the way things are handled nor the cheap construction of these structures will be Tolerated..
For the first time,last week, I was able to see the inside of the Rainbow Hotel and I was amazed at it's construction. I was amazed at what I shouldn't be amazed at , I was amazed at the drywall that was placed inside the tenants room on the outside wall of the building. This should not be seen as a miracle. It should be standard. I haven't seen the inside of the Lyndon , hotel , but I wonder if they left out the drywall in that hotel as well?
These not for profits always have their interviews done by their employees without the real tenants allowed to speak. The mainstream press falls for this all of the time and the main stream press is probably kicking themselves now because they present a skewed and corporate line type of news. This is why the newspapers are dying. People say it is because of the internet. My opinion is the press doesn't do their research.
Rumors are ,and no proof exists, that Teresa Cooper was hired by Anita Nelson, the executive director, directly , of course, as a favor to Teresa. Teresa who is an employee at SRO Housing Corporation and the the assistant manager of the southern Hotel does not pay rent, just like all managers in SRO. She started out as a manager here and still is. The question begs... Was the tale that was told to reporters at the press conference a true tale of woe of having to live in a car with her son? Knowing that Teresa Cooper is an employee of SRO Housing Corporation along with many other employees , who by the way reside in SRO , simply because they can not afford to live anywhere else , because their salaries are not as huge as the Executive Director's which is a 6 figure income , can they be trusted to tell the truth about their housing , and what we really reside in? Was her tale a true tale of living on the street.I can name those who were there. Like I said, they were employees of SRO Housing Corporation.
We all are aware here that these types of productions happen all of the time.
The truth is that SRO Housing Corporation is not going to allow the tenants who are not their employees be near those who give them funding sources. It doesn't matter now. We know who their funding sources are and will be able to get the video and the letters from the actual paying tenants to those people providing the funding , along with letters to the Senator letting him know the way SRO Housing Corporation actually builds their structures.
It might be time to take on the next phase. Do we keep quiet as SRO Housing Corporation takes your tax payer dollars and the pre-development dollars from the NeW Generation Fund that people such as KOO and the Banks work hard to put together for those who need low income housing and just make the most prettiest housing , but not very livable for tenants? Many of the employees are provided air conditioning by the company, to make up for the deficiencies found in the buildings , yet SRO Housing Corporation circulated notices to tenants that they must remove their air conditioners.
To me it is the most saddest thing in the world when you have oppressive managers who work at SRO Housing Corporation being presented as the actual tenants. This is not good. The tenants who do not work for SRO Housing Corporation are not swayed by what the employees tell us as far as who we should vote for and which candidates are the best to help us in this community. Many of the tenants , walking by the event, told me that they despise SRO, and, of course, we got into the same discussion we always get into. Should we be grateful for our housing ?,with the argument that yes , we are grateful , but does that mean we have to live in horrible conditions? One person even asked , because they know what it is like to live in the sro hotels during the summer: did concentration camp victims tell their captives that they were grateful for the free housing that was provided for them by the NAZIS? Many have never seen the inside of the older sro's and have never seen the way that the newer ones were constructed. The new one I live in has no cross ventilation in this building, there is no drywall or insulation between the brick wall that is the outside wall. The hotel being put up next to this one will see the same problem. This is a hotel that houses veterans.
We need to begin to speak up about this problem. IF we do not, many people will continue to die in this housing due to heat. Yet, when a person dies in one of these buildings directly from the heat, SRO will claim it was due to drug use or an overdose. Many of us living here know better, and also know that even if it was an overdose , in the summer , when it gets hot, the overdose was more than likely brought on by the heat. IF the person is dehydrated it becomes much easier for the organs to shut down, esp. if they were using drugs. Many are also on legal drugs for various ailments.
I think it is time, we , as a community blew the whistle on SRO Housing Corporation. It is time to stand up and say no more. It is time to say that we will not tolerate the way things are handled nor the cheap construction of these structures will be Tolerated..
For the first time,last week, I was able to see the inside of the Rainbow Hotel and I was amazed at it's construction. I was amazed at what I shouldn't be amazed at , I was amazed at the drywall that was placed inside the tenants room on the outside wall of the building. This should not be seen as a miracle. It should be standard. I haven't seen the inside of the Lyndon , hotel , but I wonder if they left out the drywall in that hotel as well?
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