One of the elements that enables the perpetuation of this system is the food-stamp program. The landlords are counting on it. If some of these people did not ge

One of the elements that enables the perpetuation of this system is the food-stamp program. The landlords are counting on it. If some of these people did not get food stamps they would starve to try to pay the rising rent. People would leave or violently rebel, not starve for the sake of a landlord who decides to raise the rent 50%.