Dylan Schwaegel
Dylan Schwaegel is a Santa Fe activist.
Tenants Union
Some residents of an Española apartment complex have formed a tenants' union, citing declining conditions and skyrocketing utility fees as their impetus.
The group's leading organizer, Dylan Schwaegel, is facing eviction for nonpayment of the fees. He alleges that management at Las Lomas Apartments is seeking to get rid of him both for organizing the tenants' union and for filing complaints about the housing complex to a government agency.
"We started forming a group of people to talk about issues in the apartment complex going unaddressed," he said. "We found a host of red flags — too many to count."
In addition to residents' recurring complaints over maintenance delays and amenities like the swimming pool and laundry facility being unavailable, Schwaegel said unnecessary charges and fees from management seemed to be a pattern.[1]
Dylan Schwaegel is a member of Santa Fe Democratic Socialists of America.[2]