housing code Archives - The North

PAG Flyer- Picket in Suburbs (Advance Dec 9, 1965)

Flyer distributed by the People’s Action Group (UCC Area Board 3) and the Newark Community Union Project to protest the eviction of Mrs. Emma Gaskins. Many housing units in the Central Ward and Clinton Hill were owned by absentee landlords who lived in the suburbs and allowed the apartments to deteriorate. To protest the eviction of Mrs. Gaskins, NCUP and the People’s Action Group distributed this flyer in Millburn, where her landlord Phil Kaufman lived, to encourage the man’s neighbors to talk with him about the conditions in his rental units. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Photos of Addonizio on Slum Tour (August 18, 1964)

Newspaper photos of Mayor Addonizio’s “inspection tour of ‘slum pockets” in Central Ward and Clinton Hill neighborhoods. Addonizio was prompted to personally inspect housing conditions after the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and Newark Community Union Project held rent strike demonstrations in the city that week. — Credit: Newark Public Library

On Poverty Tour- Mayor Promises Slumlord Action (Aug 18, 1964)

Clipping from an unmarked newspaper covering Mayor Addonizio’s “inspection tour of ‘slum pockets” in Central Ward and Clinton Hill neighborhoods. Addonizio was prompted to personally inspect housing conditions after the Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council and Newark Community Union Project held rent strike demonstrations in the city that week. — Credit: Newark Public Library