Renters Beware!

Gee, the abuse and mistreatment of  tenants from Cornerstone Corporation at Pleasant Plaza Apartments or Malden Gardens reads like it could've been a review of Management's abusive behavior at Rockland Place or Spring Gate Apartments in Rockland, MA and even the mistreatment of tenants at Clarendon Hill Towers in Somerville.
       Cornerstone Corporation of Westwood, Mass. is known for not having to comply with The Fair Housing Act on numerous subsidized properties. First Amendment Rights for low-income residents would be abolished if it were up to people at Cornerstone.   They have quite a history of retaliating against tenants who dare exercise their American rights.  From deliberate destruction and theft of tenants' personal property to numerous frivolous eviction proceedings, Cornerstone and associates will go out of their way to violate any vulnerable tenant voicing a legitimate concern.  Obviously, deliberate acts of abuse and oppression by corporate landlords in subsidized housing doesn't really matter to HUD or MassHousing. 
      MassHousing recently announced a loan closing of $26.5 million at the 236-unit Sherwood Village apartment community for senior citizens at 145 Mill St., Natick.   As a condition of the loan, Fairway Estates Limited Partnership, an affiliate of Cornerstone Corp., which owns Sherwood Village, will seek to extend its federal Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract and the affordability on 235 apartments for the longest term possible - typically 20 years - when the current HAP contract expires in February 2014.  As part of the refinancing, a number of capital improvements are expected, including intercom panel system upgrades, refurbishment of pumps connected to common area sprinklers and some minor HVAC work.  Read more: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/business/x715752696/Business-Digest-for-05-03-13#ixzz2TrReICid