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Homelessness In New York Times: Article Summary

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My article is How to Fight Homelessness and the source is New York Times. I took it from editorial page and this article wrote by Mark.D Levine and Mary Brosnahan.In this article, I believe that the most important point is, The bill would make New York City the first in the nation to guarantee representation for tenants, and it would significantly decrease the number of families forced into homelessness here.The most common cause of their homelessness isn’t drug dependency or mental illness. It’s eviction. If we can slow the pace of evictions, we will make a major dent in the homelessness crisis and evictions have reached epidemic proportions in New York City.I agree by this because establishing a right to counsel in housing court wouldn’t

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