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"[The author] takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the 20 dollars a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Vanetta participates in a botched...
2) 99 homes
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When single father Dennis Nash is evicted from his home, his only chance to win it back is to go to work for Rick Carver, the charismatic and ruthless businessman who evicted him in the first place. It's a deal-with-the-devil that provides security for his family; but as Nash falls deeper into Carver's web, he finds his situation grows more brutal and dangerous than he ever imagined.
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Edith is a widowed landlady who rents apartments in her Brooklyn brownstone to an unlikely collection of humans, all deeply in need of shelter. Crippled in various ways--in spirit, in mind, in body, in heart--the renters struggle to navigate daily existence, and soon come to realize that Edith's deteriorating mind, and the menacing presence of her estranged, unscrupulous son, Owen, is the greatest challenge they must confront together.
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"The author of South of Superior returns to that same territory and landscape with this story of a woman who, on the verge of losing the land and home that defines her, finds her way to a brighter future when she learns the power of giving to and accepting help from the community around her"--
Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Laurel Hill and her daughter Skye live on Lake Superior, where the local school has classes of just four children, and the nearest...
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"John, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland--Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife, Mary, has serious misgivings about the errand, he decides to go anyway, setting in motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have predicted. Shortly after John reaches the island, he falls down a cliff...
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Drafthouse Films volume 18
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Craig is a struggling family man who loses his low-wage job and is threatened with eviction. In an effort to delay facing the music at home, he heads to a local bar and encounters an old friend. The couple engages the two friends in a series of innocent dares in exchange for money over the course of the evening, with each challenge upping the ante in both reward and boundaries.
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Anyone who owns or manages residential rental income property needs to know the basics of evicting a tenant when necessary. Landlords need to know how to initiate an eviction, and how to follow through with the court process. This book outlines methods to increase the odds of winning an eviction case. Learn preventive methods and how to develop systems to document and conduct an eviction case. "Secrets to a Successful Eviction" is a guide for those...
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"This is not the America we love. From coast to coast, American families are losing their homes. Evicted with little notice and tossed into the streets by predatory bankers, landlords, and real estate developers, these once-proud homeowners have invested their lives in the American Dream -- only to see it turn into a nightmare. But one tightknit community is fighting back. They've decided to stand their ground, defend their homes, and fight the power...
10) Nosy neighbors
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"Twenty-five-year-old Kat Bennett has never felt at home anywhere, and especially not in crumbling Shelley House. According to her neighbors, she's prickly and unapproachable, but beneath her tough exterior, Kat is plagued by guilt from her past. Seventy-seven-year-old Dorothy Darling is Shelley House's longest resident, and if you believe the other tenants, she's as cantankerous and vindictive as they come. Except there's a good reason Dorothy spends...
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"Paul Madonna's popular comic, All Over Coffee had been running for twelve years in the San Francisco Chronicle when Madonna was evicted from his home in the city's Mission District. Another victim of San Francisco's overheated housing market, its soaring prices and rampant evictions, Madonna captures the 'tech war' transformation in a series of absurd, and all-too-poignant drawings and stories"--
12) The tenants
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"The sole tenant in a run-down tenement, Harry Lesser is struggling to finish a novel, but his solitary pursuit of the sublime grows complicated when Willie Spearmint, a black writer ambivalent toward Jews, moves in to the building. Harry and Willie are artistic rivals and unwilling neighbors, and their uneasy peace is disturbed by the presence of Willie's white girlfriend, Irene, and the landlord Levenspiel's attempts to evict both men and demolish...
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"The holidays have arrived for the PAWS team! And the girls are about to discover that not all surprises are necessarily good ones ... Gabby's parents finally get her a cell phone for Christmas, but instead of only using it for emergencies, she soon gets swept up in posting about PAWS online. And when one of her cute doggo videos goes viral, she becomes obsessed with becoming internet famous. Meanwhile, Priya receives some awful news: her family...
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"Ruthie Smithens, a girl who loves fairy tales and happy endings, doesn't mind being 'goffy Ruthie' if it makes her best friend, Kit Kttredge, smile and forget about the hardships of the Depression. But when Ruthie finds out that the Kittredges are going to be evicted from their house, she makes up her mind to help..."--Cover back.
15) 99 homes
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When a single father Dennis Nash is evicted from his home, his only chance to win it back is to go to work for Rick Carver, the charismatic and ruthless businessman who evicted him in the first place. It's a deal-with-the-devil that provides security for his family; but as Nash falls deeper into Carver's web, he finds his situation grows more brutal and dangerous than he ever imagined.
16) Black balsam
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When a couple buys a scenic mountain retreat from a deceased woman's estate, her abusive son becomes vengeful about being uprooted from the only home he's ever known. Facing eviction, the son holds a grudge against the new owners.
17) Corporation
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A detective investigates a business deal that sees developers evicting residents from the suburb where he was born. As he discovers improprieties, sinister forces gather to impede his investigation.
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Evan, a young adult with Down Syndrome, lives in a poor, working-class town. He unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and wishes to use it to help out an old high school crush. As the two become friends, their relationship is threatened by her ex-boyfriend, resulting in revealed secrets. A Toronto International Film Festival official selection and winner of three Audience Awards.
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When ghostly young Humphrey and his family are exorcised from their ancestral castle, their search for a new home to haunt turns up spirits from around the world also left without haunting grounds, as humans are destroying ancient dwellings to make way for modern construction. However, an encounter with a sympathetic human family leads Humphrey to rally his own ghostly family to take back their home.
20) The challenger
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When they are evicted from their home, struggling Bronx auto mechanic Jaden Miller will do everything in his power to save he and his mother from living on the streets. With the help of legendary trainer, Duane Taylor, Miller soon finds that Boxing is their ticket to a better life. Earning the title 'Bronx Boy,' Miller becomes a local hero.
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