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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 01:03 PM Apr 2019

These are the people drumpf and Ben Carson ignore

Your rent amount shouldn’t determine if you have a roof

When I met Alexis Marion, I knew her story wouldn’t be easy to share. Marion is a mother of three small children and employed by Miami VA Healthcare System. She makes $24,543 annually. After taxes, she says that is just enough to pay $495 monthly for rent.

The building in which she lives is a downright dump. For the last three years, Marion and her children have lived in that apartment complex located at 1317 NW Second Ave., in Miami. I wouldn’t want my worst enemy to live there. Due to her income and what it takes to provide for her family, Marion has to make the best of it.

When the roof came crumbling down, she could no longer put up with it.

https://www.miamitimesonline.com/business/your-rent-amount-shouldn-t-determine-if-you-have-a/article_e8e570b6-66a9-11e9-af90-ff794b92fe0a.html

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