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Hugin

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21. I can't tell you how many relatives I visited growing up who lived in large homes converted to...
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 04:36 AM
Aug 2021

multi-family dwellings during the Depression in the Midwest. It seemed like all of them.

I don't know if any had previously been mansions, but, they all had a central stair/hallway. Pretty much the pattern was two 'apartments' upstairs and two on the lower floor with a shared bathroom and kitchen area in the back. Which was where the kitchen was typically located in those houses.

One of my great-aunties thought she had it good, because, she was occupying the former parlor and living room area on the ground floor. Which was basically one large room with an opening in the middle where the doors had been removed.

I only had one great-uncle who lived in the stereotypical 'flop house' long term hotel for the remainder of his life.

Of course, most of this is totally unnecessary and resulted from the Republicans and Trump cronies stealing and misusing the PPP.

People are going to double up and change dinning rooms into bedrooms. applegrove Jul 2021 #1
I can't tell you how many relatives I visited growing up who lived in large homes converted to... Hugin Aug 2021 #21
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is very active on the issue jmbar2 Jul 2021 #2
I'm not sure if this has anything bamagal62 Jul 2021 #3
AOC says no evictions until tied up funds get to people womanofthehills Jul 2021 #4
Some states are delaying the evictions or trying some other tactics captain queeg Jul 2021 #5
Mortgages are not really an issue as there are very few underwater properties around. cinematicdiversions Jul 2021 #9
Dems tried; rethugs shot it down... babylonsister Jul 2021 #6
The moratorium needs to end eventually, this seems like a good time Amishman Jul 2021 #7
The longer it goes on the worse the pain when it ends. cinematicdiversions Jul 2021 #10
We could do what Communist organizers did during the 1930s DBoon Jul 2021 #8
I have every confidence you won't see FEMA step in... brooklynite Jul 2021 #11
Not quite what I was asking. We are going to have as much of a problem as if Cascadia fault let go. haele Jul 2021 #12
The fact that the moratorium is lifted doesn't mean everyone in arrears will be immediately evicted. brooklynite Jul 2021 #15
Some may have to consider going back to work. Sneederbunk Jul 2021 #13
You have any idea how many hours it takes rhodytowny Aug 2021 #20
I wonder how many landlords are going to be foreclosed on PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #14
The used RV market will get red hot soon. roamer65 Aug 2021 #16
Evictions take time. Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #17
They do, but I would assume that the paperwork has been ready to go for quite a while MiniMe Aug 2021 #18
Eviction is a process Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #19
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