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On the recordMarch 9, 2016
It is inexcusable that residents are ever placed into substandard housing with serious violations, but it is doubly offensive when the taxpayers are subsidizing these unfit units.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins criticizes poor housing conditions and taxpayer funding for substandard units.

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