Between 2009 and 2011, more than one in eight Milwaukee renters were displaced involuntarily, whether by formal or informal eviction, landlord foreclosure, or building condemnation.
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MATTHEW DESMOND Color is a plastic means of creating intervals... color harmonics produced by special relationships,... HANS HOFMANN I think a lot of leases have come up, and with these older leases, when the landlord comes in and wh... BETSY GOTBAUM We're sandwiched between Matthew 22 and Matthew 28, GLENN ROGERS We're building this area between Milwaukee and Chicago as the best of both worlds. We're just excite... ADAM SMITH It's hard to remember a more vicious terrorist insurgency than this one, a more cynical group than t... NICHOLAS BURNS The hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours... DIANE SETTERFIELD Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. WILLARD BEECHER Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. HENRY WARD BEECHER Eviction is much more an inevitability than a result of irresponsibility. 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BILL FLORES The one half of 1 percent applies to vote totals between candidates or whether a ballot measure is a... JENNY NASH Exactly how soon, whether four, six, eight or 12 weeks, we don't know, BRIAN DONNELLY Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships. STANA KATIC To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice... IRVING WALLACE I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage. HENRY DAVID THOREAU One of the great debates about the Internet is whether it is making people more or less free. ADAM COHEN They have to choose between three conflicting values -- their own health, in having to carry so many... LARRY GOSTIN Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in ... 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