>>1752238Yes, I think I understand, I had a teacher like that in elementary school, there were commies lurking behind every bush and commies behind every petty political decision he disagreed with. I'm sadly familiar with this style of framing the world, it's a way of coping with ambiguity I guess.
Back to the topic at hand, during the 1970s when many privately held rental buildings were in terrible condition due to neglect, residents took matters into their own hands and began their own maintenance programs. The city first seized the buildings from the absentee landlords, but soon realized it didn't have the resources to maintain them, so ownership was transferred to the tenants who were running the maintenance.
Perhaps the NYCHA might be "saved" by such an arrangement today.
