On the recordDecember 12, 2011
So if a family is put out of their home illegally, maybe their rent that they are paying is no more than their mortgage payment was, is that a basis you would say they suffered no financial harm?
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congress.govJeff Merkley: “So if a family is put out of their home illegally, maybe their rent that they are paying is no more than their mortgage…”
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Merkley challenges the idea that illegal eviction does not equate to financial harm.
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