so Paul
why on earth would your mother want to contribute to the delinquency of a landlord by continuing to make him profitable while letting out a slum?
I am guessing the rent is very reasonable?
Can’t get the same level of hell for the same money elsewhere?
Just contribute yourself and move her to a decent place
In the time it took him to write this screed, he could have gone over and helped his mother devise a relocation plan, and volunteered to be a continuing part of it.