Adequate housing should be no luxury

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Opinion

July 12, 2019 - 4:01 PM

Everyone deserves a safe home, one with adequate heating, windows that seal and open, flushing toilets, and safe electric and gas lines. 

Everyone deserves a home without mold, with stable floors, and front and back doors that shut and lock properly. A home that has a working tub or shower, a functioning hot water heater, a roof that doesn’t leak.

And everyone deserves affordable housing.

If you own your own home or are lucky enough to have a terrific landlord, these things seem obvious.You may even take them for granted. If, however, you are poor, disabled or elderly, the qualities above may resemble little more than a wish list.

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