A proposed crackdown on corporate landlords could threaten Philly-area homes for people with intellectual disabilities

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Providers in the Philadelphia area say that legislation moving through Congress could destabilize housing for intellectually and developmentally disabled residents by sweeping certain group home landlords into a ban aimed at Wall Street-style investors.

About a month ago, the U.S. Senate passed the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act, a bipartisan package aimed at increasing the country’s housing supply and making the market more affordable amid an ongoing crisis…

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