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A family in a small two-bedroom apartment in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Many
low-income renters in US cities live in substandard conditions in older,
unhealthy units. 

Photographer: Brooks Kraft/Corbis Historical via Getty Images 

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THE OTHER HOUSING CRISIS: TOO MANY SICK, AGING HOMES

An aging US housing stock poses health risks to residents as much-needed repairs
fall behind and the effects of climate change take a toll. 

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The Summerdale apartments used to look a lot like many other housing complexes
in low-income parts of US cities. It’s a compound of low-slung suburban-style
buildings built in two phases starting in the early 1970s, located near
Interstate 75 in Atlanta’s Glenrose Heights neighborhood

When developer Marjy Stagmeier’s firm, TriStar Real Estate Investments, bought
the 244-unit property in 2018, Summerdale needed millions of dollars in repairs.
Tenants reported mold and insect infestations, broken appliances and leaking
roofs; several units were vacant and partially burned out. The conditions took a
particularly harsh toll on Summerdale’s youngest residents: Of the 68 children
living there who attended nearby Cleveland Avenue Elementary School, most had
asthma, Stagmeier says.


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