I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect that many, if not most, of these people do not even own the property they live on. Which makes them doubly SOL.
With annual income averaging $19K, I suspect you're right.
If that's the case, the renter doesn't have a prayer. The government deals with the landlord. He then tells the tennant - "you've got to move, I've sold the house." Tennant can't afford to move to start with so they have successfully created a whole sh*tload of new homeless people.
Are any of these local pols peeling this onion back as far as we are?
You are right.
Most of the people that live in these homes are section 8 tenants, and a good portion of the properties are owned by slum lords.