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Pages tagged "Iris Romo"


DAI Tenant Leaders at Bachman Lake Get the Attention They Deserve

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · July 20, 2023 12:19 PM

Leaking faucets, holes in the floor, and rats running across children's feet at night.  An apartment manager refusing to start repairs without proof of US citizenship.  These are just some of the conditions that leaders of Bachman Lake apartments, like Iris Romo and Ericka Ventura, unearthed in a neighborhood conversation campaign.

When tenant leaders at Lumin Bachman Lake Community School began to share these stories, the city didn't take them seriously.  However, Dallas Area Interfaith (DAI) leaders knew that this was unacceptable.  After all, they had been instrumental in the development of housing standards that were now being violated. In 2016, DAI had compelled the City of Dallas to impose these standards, and the tenant leaders had been a key part of that effort.

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100+ DAI Leaders Fight for Stricter Housing Rules at City Hall

Posted on News by West/Southwest IAF · May 18, 2016 1:38 PM

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