Lehman Student, Mom, UNHP Intern, NYC Rent Freeze Recipient – Claudette Does it All!
Claudette is a Bronx Renaissance woman – Lehman College student, aspiring social worker, President of the Lehman Adult Degree Program Student Association, mother of six children, and an Intake Specialist and Housing Connect intern for UNHP.
There was a time when Claudette would have been unable to be so active. While working as a mechanic, Claudette was crushed by a car when the repair lift failed. Claudette was in a body cast for six months and for a long time was physically unable to live a normal life. The loss of her job and her physical restrictions brought Claudette to a depressed state. Claudette credits the All Boro Adult Daycare Center in the Bronx with helping her “get out of my shell. They encouraged me to keep active and enroll in Lehman College.”
At 58, Claudette is indeed active. She hopes to be a social worker who works with the elderly. In addition to her studies at Lehman, she is active in student government and helped to create a food pantry for students at the College. Claudette assisted UNHP during our busy Free Tax Prep Program by assisting tax filers through the intake process and enrolling Bronx residents in the NYC online affordable housing lottery.
Thanks to UNHP’s help, Claudette received a NYC Rent Freeze for the apartment that she shares with her handicapped adult child. UNHP can assist seniors 62 and over or people with disabilities freeze their rent through the Department of Finance SCRIE and DRIE programs. If you are 62 or older, or disabled, live in a rent-stabilized apartment and earn less than $50,000 – give UNHP a call (718)933-2539. UNHP can screen you for the program and help you enroll or renew your NYC Rent Freeze.