<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c84aed64-1d35-41fe-973c-d23400f08537/7CE918C8-690C-4F24-8724-077A0CA56AB7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=575bf3bf48dffba085db80700446d532" href="http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=575bf3bf48dffba085db80700446d532" style="font-size: 11px;">news.newamericamedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=575bf3bf48dffba085db80700446d532"><P class="article_title">Dope Fiend Landlords Thrive in the Housing Crisis</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=575bf3bf48dffba085db80700446d532"><I>Editor’s Note: Dope fiend landlords have a long history of renting out rooms in abandoned houses for a minimal fee. But, in today’s housing crisis, they are raising prices to near market value. NAM contributor Charles Jones offers advice on how to make the best of this type of living situation.</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=575bf3bf48dffba085db80700446d532"><DIV> Dope fiend rentals, or foreclosed/abandoned homes that occupant-drug addicts rent out to generate the income they need to keep themselves high, are a longtime cornerstone of neighborhood life. These not-so-safe “havens” have boomed since the economic bust.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=575bf3bf48dffba085db80700446d532"><DIV> Rick, a neighborhood drug addict and long-time family friend, noticed me sleeping in a friend’s car for three nights, and offered me the spare room in his house for $100 a week. The rent was payable in cash, or crack, each Tuesday.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=575bf3bf48dffba085db80700446d532"><DIV> 4) Just because you've paid your rent, doesn't mean that the rent has been paid. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7CE918C8-690C-4F24-8724-077A0CA56AB7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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