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Article: Transient housing and overcrowding: what are the costs?
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- April 1, 2008
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After researching and investigating countless cases of residential overcrowding over a span of more than five years in two local governments in Virginia, I have come to realize that a number of contributing factors lead to this social phenomenon. In much broader terms, there are usually four different types of excessive occupancy--or situations that tend to foster the opportunity for overcrowding--in residential neighborhoods:
* Multiple, unrelated persons pooling their resources to afford suitable housing.
* A married couple (with or without children) struggling to maintain their monthly mortgage payments as the result of a subprime loan and ever changing interest ...
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...Room rental rates are doubling for commercial entities at the Oak Park Public Library...February, but wanted to check on what other groups in the village charge for room rental before putting them into effect, Madigan said. That information came back...
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