It's going to go back to the 70s. In the 70s, the same thing happened. Landlords rent rolls did not equal the cost of repair and they walked away from the Buildings and Black and brown communities were devastated because of that, because people were not keeping up with the repairs. You saw rodent issues, you saw drug uses in the buildings, you saw the quality of life go down in communities of color. Because that. (24:11–24:18)
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