Elsie, I live in Southern California.
There are places in my area I can’t even travel at night anymore. I have lived in this area for 45 years. I am familiar with what they looked like in the 70s, and now in the 2010s.
The neighborhoods are run down, and it’s irrefutable that these properties are being stressed inside and out. The neighborhoods are also stressed.
Your question about who would,... is one that comes from our mindset. Some folks just consider it rent and walk away.
Division of labor? LOL
Put 9 to 12 children in a single family two or three bedroom dwelling and find out what you have to deal with in short order.
And I lived on the eastside of Indianapolis all my life.
I agree with everything that you just posted and there are places in Indy just as you’ve described.
I’m just glad this world is not my home: I’m justa passin’ thru.