Buffalo public housing residents rally over maintenance concerns, BMHA cuts hearing short

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority residents and community activists gathered Tuesday on Perry Street to demand better living conditions, as a public hearing on the agency’s annual plan ended abruptly.

Residents and concerned citizens rallied outside before moving into a Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority public hearing, where they voiced ongoing complaints about maintenance issues inside BMHA properties, including rats, roaches, bed bugs, lack of heat, and leaking ceilings.

“We just need some justice — we need no more rats, no more roaches, no more bed bugs, garbage, heat not working,” Community activist Nate Boyd said…

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