These slum lords cause the problems but HUD has enabled it, and the twin vices that so often afflict massive Federal safety net programs, bureaucracy and corruption, have prevented the kind of action necessary to protect the tenants and allow this crisis to go on for far too long.
Marco Rubio: “These slum lords cause the problems but HUD has enabled it, and the twin vices that so often afflict massive Federal…”
On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
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Rubio criticizes HUD's failure to address issues with slum landlords and tenant safety.
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