https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkgnm7/kwajo-tweneboa-tiktok-nycha-housing

In New York City, nearly everyone has a housing horror story or a gripe with a landlord. Perhaps no one more so than public housing tenants, whose landlord is New York City. The city’s public housing stock has repair needs in the tens of thousands of dollars after decades of disinvestment. New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants protest poor housing conditions often, have frequently taken their complaints to social media, and are very vocal in town halls and public hearings.

Kwajo Tweneboa, a 24 year old public housing tenant in the U.K., has carved out a following putting agencies on blast for letting problems fester in his country. He’s currently visiting the U.S., where he said the situation in NYCHA is possibly worse.