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I wish this were required reading in every high school or college. Incredible research and powerful narrative about the housing rental industry.

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“In between undergrad and grad school, I worked for a government contractor that processed rent reasonableness requests for Chicago Public Housing landlords. That this was a full-time job in metro Atlanta is covered by other history and policy books. But this book is an excellent explanation of housing policies and their impacts on people.”

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