Opinion: From Rent Strike to Community Ownership, A New Vision for Housing in East Harlem

Most renters know the feeling of waking up one morning to find that something has gone horribly wrong in their building. For my neighbors and me, this past February, a retaining wall behind our East Harlem building collapsed. It’s June, and it still hasn’t been fixed. Why? Because we don’t have a landlord, and no one wants to take responsibility.

Here’s the thing: the tenants do. We have a rare opportunity to stop the sale of our building to yet another slumlord and put control in our hands, but the clock is ticking.

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