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Beyond the City, Rents Rise and Homelessness Follows

Clarence Watson, left, and Patrick Braswel, who are homeless, after a day of gathering signatures for a petition in Rochester, N.Y., March 21, 2018. A growing coalition of homeless people, tenants and their advocates are pushing the state legislature to expand to all of New York State the tenant laws and other protections available only in New York City and a few other counties. (Brendan Bannon/The New York Times)