Los Sures Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation Records
Scope and Contents
The Los Sures Collection (Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation) consists of newsletters, commemorative journals, a 1981-1982 report, invitations and flyers for events, and a T-shirt from the community organization, which is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and is dedicated to improving the quality of life of the community.
Dates
- 1982-1997
Creator
- Southside United Housing Development Fund Corp. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright holder is unknown.
Biographical / Historical
Los Sures is a pioneer in both the management and development of low-income housing in Brooklyn, New York.
Los Sures undertook the daunting task of rebuilding its community, the southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The community residents who started the organization were responding to an epidemic of landlord abandonment, withdrawal of city services and illegal evictions by landlords. Illegal evictions included some property owners who were trying to vacate their buildings in order to change the ethnic composition of the neighborhood. Los Sures fought back by promoting community-based control of housing, through both management and ownership. In 1975, Los Sures became the first community-based organization to enter into agreements to manage City-owned properties. A few years later, it was one of the first groups to undertake large-scale rehabilitation. The organization remains committed to its founders' mission: to create a growing and satisfying community in the building of a more humane environment.
Source: http://www.lossures.org/
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
The Los Sures Collection (Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation) consists of newsletters, commemorative journals, a 1981-1982 report, invitations and flyers for events, and a T-shirt from the community organization, which is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and is dedicated to improving the quality of life of the community.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Pedro Juan Hernandez.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Community development -- New York (State) -- New York Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Community organization -- New York (State) -- New York Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Invitations Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Newsletters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- T-shirts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Los Sures Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Pedro Juan Hernandez
- Date
- 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022: Revised by Susan M. Kline
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora Repository
Silberman Building, Hunter College
2180 Third Ave. Rm. 122
New York New York 10065
centro.library@hunter.cuny.edu
