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Cities Could Save Millions of Dollars by Preventing Evictions
Bloomberg, Jan. 31, 2017–Patrick Clark
Housing advocates in New York have been lobbying the city government to set aside millions of dollars to pay attorneys’ fees for tenants facing eviction, arguing that providing legal aid to a poor renter is cheaper than paying for a bed in a homeless shelter.