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Category Archives: Lower-Income Neighborhoods
SPOA Newsletter September/October 2020
Given the onslaught of political and economic issues affecting housing providers in 2020, we’re making the September/October 2020 edition of the SPOA Newsletter — a benefit of SPOA membership typically available to members only — available to everyone who visits … Read More “SPOA Newsletter September/October 2020”
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Tenant right to counsel: Sounds nice. Destroys housing.
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Tenant right to counsel: A fast way to crush small landlords
A major push is being made nationwide for a “right to counsel” for indigent tenants – in other words, free lawyers for poor tenants – along with a nationwide push for more taxpayer-funded “affordable housing.” These two government programs … Read More “Tenant right to counsel: A fast way to crush small landlords”
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The attack on lower-income neighborhoods
Small landlords, as we have noted elsewhere, are efficient housing providers at all income levels because they do their own management and repairs without hired personnel and fancy offices, they usually have full-time jobs with benefits, they have older housing … Read More “The attack on lower-income neighborhoods”
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