After Hartford apartment fire, tenants allege landlord has done nothing

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After a devastating fire tore through a Hartford apartment building earlier this year, tenants are alleging nothing has been done by the owner to ensure safety of the property.

The Wethersfield Avenue Tenant Union and Make The Road Connecticut will hold a press conference outside Hartford City Hall on Monday at 5:30 p.m., demanding action from city officials after they allege weeks of neglect, unsafe conditions, and lack of transparency since the Oct. 30 fire. The basement fire, which tore through the 12-story apartment building, displaced two dozen tenants and two people had to be taken to the hospital.

The displaced tenants, many of whom lost all their belongings in the fire, allege they have been forced into dirty, uninhabitable hotels w