“I recently endured 72-hours straight of flashbacks from the gun violence I survived because of Winncompanies threats to my home.”

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For the first time in many many years, I do not feel safe in my own home. I live in an over-55 apartment building run by the Boston-based bully, Winncompanies. If they treat all their tenants like they do here, it is probable some of their other tenants’ lives are at being placed at risk.

They now threaten my ability to keep my home (after I’d filed a civil rights complaint against them with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office) and, full disclosure, for the first time in my life I want to sue and if I can locate a Massachusetts-based attorney who knows this legal territory and will work pro bono, I will. I recently endured 72-hours straight of flashbacks from the gun violence I survived because of Winncompanies threats to my home.

A snapshot of an example. In order to get a disability parking placard or license plate one of more of the following has been determined to be true about you, but doctors, medical professionals. Moreover, given everyone who lives in this building is a senior, the risk of falls for seniors is well documented, as detailed by the NIH’s National Institute for Aging. To get a disability plate or placard, one or more of the following apply to you.

You:

•   Cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest.

•   Cannot walk without the assistance of another person, prosthetic aid, or other assistive device.

•   Are restricted by lung disease.

•   Use portable oxygen.

•   Have a Class III cardiac condition.

•   Have a Class IV cardiac condition. according to the standards set by the

•   Have Class III or Class IV functional arthritis. according to the standards set by the American College of Rheumatology

•   Have Stage III or Stage IV anatomic arthritis. according to the standards set by the American College of Rheumatology

•   Have been declared legally blind.

•   Have lost one or more limbs.

Winncompanies doesn’t care, as evidenced by the fact they demand all tenants, with or without disabilities, (many in their 70s, 80s and 90s) remove their cars from the parking lot and park out in the street illegally (there is no safe area) or else they will be towed!

I recently filed a civil rights complaint against Boston-based  Winncompanies with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office, citing two current Winn polices that endanger the lives of their tenants and, under one of the policies, the lives of those living in or traveling through the community. Winncompanies does not deny their policies endanger lives).

Now, Winncompanies is threatening to terminate (their word) my tenancy. On what grounds? (I am never late with my rent.) They recently asked me for a great deal of information, some of which strikes me as intrusive, and so I asked them to please identify for me specifically what law or regulation allows them to get this information, and, no surprise, they won’t tell me. Now, because they haven’t received the information, the have threatened my ability to keep my home.