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SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
9/4/2020
The Depression-Era Lessons That Can Solve Today’s Evictions Crisis
by Anya Jabour
Social workers and researchers Edith Abbott and Sophonisba Breckinridge conducted an important study of evictions in Chicago during the Great Depression and advocated for federal support for a minimum standard of living including housing. The looming eviction crisis demands similar big thinking.
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