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April 24, 2019

Subsidized housing renters pay price in roaches, mold, leaks

By JEFF DONN and HOLBROOK MOHR
Associated Press

NATCHEZ, Miss. — In this city known for pre-Civil War mansions, a young mother shared a government-funded apartment with her three small children and a legion of cockroaches.

They lurked in the medicine cabinet, under the refrigerator, behind a picture on the wall. The mother nudged a bedroom dresser and more roaches skittered away as her 2-year-old son stomped on them.


 
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