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When tenant rights exist in theory but not in practice for vulnerable renters

I want to report my landlord for the mold and broken heating but I know he will find a way to evict me and I cannot afford to move.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Legal protections become meaningless when economic desperation prevents their exercise.

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