Centre County DSA

CPAU's Save Addison Court Town Hall · Pennsylvania United Addison Court, the last remaining affordable housing complex in State College Borough, is at risk. The property was recently put up for sale, and despite the buyer shifting from outright making it student housing to attempting to obtain tax credits for it to remain low income, the residents are left...

Reading group this Sunday! We are reading part 1 of the book Abolish Rent

Members of Centre County DSA attended the Borough Planning Commission meeting on 5/21 and we have some things to say.

Full text:
“Statement on PrimeCore Preservation Plan For Addison Court

At the Borough Planning Commission meeting on May 21st, local developer Ara Kervandjian, CEO of PrimeCore Properties, announced that their primary development plan for Addison Court is to preserve the existing structure, maintain its low-income housing status, and allow the current residents to remain. While this was surprising and welcome news, we do not believe that the fight for Addison Court is over.

There is no guarantee, nor binding agreement, that Kervandjian and PrimeCore will abide by their commitment to preserve the building. For this reason, Centre County DSA urges the Borough Council to reject PrimeCore’s zoning amendment request. The request is related to PrimeCore’s development plans to turn Addison Court into student housing, should they fail to secure the necessary subsidies for their preservation plan. As such, the Council has powerful leverage to ensure PrimeCore remains committed to their primary preservation plan by removing the alternative option.

The people who live at Addison Court have the right to remain there. It is their home, and many have lived there for a decade or more. They are members of the State College community and Centre County DSA will continue to pressure the property owners and council members until the residents have security that they can remain. “

It's Day 3 of our Save Addison Court Week of Action. We're making calls to Calibre Residential today: 814-234-5244

Let's show them we're paying attention!

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Let’s get to work.

Centre Co. Comrades, join us for our Monthly Meeting! 🌹

Date/Time: May 26, 6pm-7:30pm
Location: State College Municipal Building Rm 241
Agenda Includes: Discussion and start of vote on bylaws amendments, Save Addison Court, announcements

We hope to see you there!

Can’t wait until the 26th to see how you can help the Centre Co. community? Join in our WEEK OF ACTION this week! See previous post or link in bio to learn more.

🚨 To the State College community: Richard Kalin and Calibre Residential are trying to force our fellow Addison Court neighbors out of their homes. Join us in a week of action, starting tomorrow, to tell them that’s simply unacceptable. Swipe for instructions using thr QR code!

We've got a message for property owners, investors, and elected officials in State College: Save Addison Court!

Have you signed our petition yet? 👇
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-addison-court?clear_id=true

Want to do more? RSVP to attend an upcoming Borough Planning Commission meeting with Central PA United 👇
https://www.mobilize.us/paunited/event/951755/

And after that, sign up to get involved with our chapter. We're just getting started on our fight for Tenant Rights 👇
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/interested-in-getting-involved-with-centre-county-dsa?clear_id=true&source=direct_link

Tell your friends to tell their friends that we’re joining the war on tenants, on the side of the tenants! The people who live at Addison Court can’t be ignored by property owners, investors, or our elected officials. Sign the petition to tell them to Save Addison Court. 🔗 Link in bio!

Don’t miss our next monthly chapter meeting on Tuesday Feb. 24, 6pm in Rm 241 State College Municipal Meeting.

The agenda will include:

General updates
Update on upcoming Clothing Distro, April 19
Update on actions with State College Renters’ Laws
And more!

We hope to see you there! ✊🌹