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Category: Housing Crisis
![Mack Blackie (center) with William Grover and his wife, Veronica Higbie, outside the Garrahy Judicial Complex, Providence, R.I., in February 2023. The couple helped to exonerate Blackie. Credit: Lynn Arditi/The Public's Radio](https://i0.wp.com/lynnarditi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mackblackiewithwilliamgroverandhiswifeveronicahigbie02.13.20232-scaled-1.webp?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
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Borrowing trouble: A street struggles in Providence
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Borrowing trouble: Where’s the kitchen! Sometimes, buyers looking for a deal are in for a big surprise
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‘I gotta put you out’ – constable doesn’t enjoy it, but evictions pay the bills
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