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More renters, high demand, low vacancy rates = hard times for low income renters in Dane County

October 29, 2016 Pamela Oliver Housing, Social issues, Wisconsin

Madison and Dane County have an affordable housing crisis. On the west side of Madison, one new owner of a 90-unit complex has recently non-renewed two thirds of his tenants, leaving them to scramble to try to find housing in an impossible market for lower-income renters. In addition, recent changes

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Nuisance, Criminal History, and Housing Discrimination

June 10, 2016 Pamela Oliver Criminal justice, Housing, Social issues

In many cities, one of the sources of homelessness for many people is nuisance ordinances that fine landlords if there are too many police calls to a property. Desmond and Valdez’s 2013 article “Unpolicing the Urban Poor: Consequences of Third-Party Policing for Inner-City Women” published in the American Sociological Review

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