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Housing
Health Risks Alleged at Northampton Public Housing
by Jendi Reiter | Jan 29, 2010 5:08 pm | Comments (1)
K., a still-elegant woman in her mid-50s, has small-cell lung cancer that has metastasized to her brain. A member of a prominent Northampton family, she lives in a second-floor walk-up at the Cahill Apartments public housing project on Fruit Street.
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Passing the Buck on Salvo House Hazards
by Jendi Reiter | Dec 18, 2009 4:54 pm | Comments (1)
Everyone agrees that serious maintenance and safety issues persist at the Walter Salvo House. Finding someone to take responsibility for them is another matter.
Northampton Housing Authority Executive Director Jon Hite met with Ward 3 City Councilor-Elect Angela Plassmann and residents of the public housing complex at Plassmann’s office hours at Salvo House on Dec. 12. At Large City Councilor-Elect Jesse Adams was also in attendance.
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Salvo House Report
by Jendi Reiter | Dec 9, 2009 7:03 pm | Comments (0)
Bloodstains in the hallway. Broken fire alarms. Sexual harassment in the dining room. These were just some of the maintenance and safety complaints that residents of the Walter Salvo House brought up to Ward 3 City Councilor-Elect Angela Plassmann at a tenants’ association meeting on December 8.