How the Government Can Avoid a Housing Catastrophe

Julián Castro says we need to give direct assistance to the most vulnerable renters

David M. Perry
GEN
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5 min readApr 23, 2020

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America is on the verge of a housing crisis. Nearly a third of Americans didn’t pay rent in April. Landlords and homeowners are worried about foreclosure. Many states and cities have instituted eviction moratoriums, but that just means that…

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David M. Perry
GEN
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Just your average progressive political journalist, medieval historian, and Irish rock musician. Yes, I really do have a PhD in medieval history