When the issue of hot bunking has been raised and attempts made to reasonably discuss, the first accusation of casino proponents is that of racism and productive discourse disintegrates.
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In Montville, CT, home of the Mohegan Sun casino, the practice is labelled hut houses.
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Regardless of the descriptive phrase employed, it is used to, generally, define a practice whereby low wage workers are housed within close proximity of their employment, in over-crowded housing, frequently sleeping in the same bed in shifts. For a variety of reasons, this type of overcrowding is exploitative, unsafe and unhealthy.
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It works successfully when workers don't speak the language and are unfamiliar with their rights and assorted legal issues.
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The customary defense offered by casino proponents is to pass by-laws, step up enforcement, and the problem will magically evaporate.
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Although the local issue arose as a consequence of the proposed mega-casino, other areas are impacted by over-crowded housing for other reasons, such as Boston and college students, as the Boston Globe reported.
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Landlords and college students are widely flouting a new Boston ordinance prohibiting more than four undergraduates from sharing an apartment, amid deep skepticism that city officials can practically enforce the measure.
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...the law is having little success in deterring thousands of students from living together in large numbers in apartment houses neighbors liken to dormitories.
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The start of the fall semester marks the first test of the housing regulation the city approved in March. The bylaw holds property owners, not students, responsible for violations, which carry penalties if not rectified.
The start of the fall semester marks the first test of the housing regulation the city approved in March. The bylaw holds property owners, not students, responsible for violations, which carry penalties if not rectified.
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The housing ordinance has caused widespread resentment among undergraduates, who believe it unfairly singles them out and prices them out of the housing market. It has also angered landlords, who believe it represents a form of rent control and infringes on their property rights.
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It might seem that any attempts to determine or enforce habitation are fraught with problems.
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This practice has destroyed neighborhoods because the property owners aren't interested in maintaining there properties and the loud parties force families out.
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