The Housing Crisis and Insecurity and Poverty in America
criminals rather than address the root causes of criminal behavior. Therefore, the coping mechanisms used to mitigate the deeply damaging problems of systemic poverty are complex and interconnected. Hopelessness and despair are social and psychological precursors to antisocial and violent behaviors: a sense that nothing matters and nothing works. Some people simply lower their expectations gradually, until they tolerate intolerable living conditions. As living conditions deteriorate, the person also learns from experience that complaining to the landlord leads to potentially disastrous consequences. Getting on the landlord’s bad side could lead to sudden evictions at short notice… Continue Reading...