Slum Life In New York City During the Nineteenth Century's Gilded Age

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3. I've been in some of these many vacant homes and let me tell you

I would not allow anyone to live there. Many are not fit for human habitation. If they haven't been ravaged by fire, they've been ravaged by the elements and scrappers (people who go into abandoned homes and tear out all the copper and wiring they can find).

However, I wish it were that easy to just give the homeless a vacant property. That said, many homeless already live in these properties, so....