PASSAIC, N.J. — A group of tenants in New Jersey are banding together to demand their landlord fix problems they say are plaguing their units.
Dozens of renters who say they’re from several buildings owned by one landlord, Alex Perez, took to the street and gathered at 919 Main Ave. in Passaic to say they’re forming a tenants’ union to make sure their voices are heard. They’re being represented by the group Make The Road New Jersey.
Tenants of landlord Alex Perez allege inhumane conditions in apartments
“The conditions in the apartments are very inhumane,” said Maria Montesinos, with the group.
The group took CBS News New York’s Christine Sloan inside the Main Avenue building, where she found unstable stairs and broken flooring…