Reply #21: Jesse Helms is a slumlord (property is in his wife's name) [View All]

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They own a lot of houses in Raleigh, NC. The city has constant problems getting them to keep the houses up to code (and heaven knows that NC housing codes are not exactly stringent).

That's the problem I have with slumlords. They buy cheap housing and then they don't maintain it. They provide unsafe living conditions for people. Those are people living in those houses! Why should it matter whether or not they can afford higher rent? Take a little of your profits and bring the houses up to code. It's the only decent - dare I say Christian? - thing to do.