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Brian Charles</h1> <div class="AuthorPage-jobTitle">Contributor</div> </div> </div> <div class="Page-articleBody"> <div class="AuthorPage-biography"> <div class="AuthorPage-biography-content"> <div class="RichTextBody"><p>J. Brian Charles, is a journalist who writes about urban affairs, education, criminal justice, race and inequality. His work has appeared in <em>The Trace, Vox, Governing, Playboy, Wired</em> and the <em>Baltimore Beat. </em></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> </div> <div class="Page-below" data-modulewell> <div class="OneColumnContainer" data-module> <div class="OneColumnContainer-container"> <bsp-list-loadmore class="ListH" data-module data-hide-thumbnail="true" data-show-loadmore="true" data-enable-load-more="true"> <div class="List-header" data-no-title> </div> <div class="ListH-items" data-with-borders data-list-loadmore-items> <div class="ListH-items-item"> <div class="PromoB" data-align-top-non-mobile > <div class="Promo-media"><a class="Link" aria-label="The COVID-Related Housing Crisis Nobody Mentions" href="https://www.governing.com/now/The-COVID-Related-Housing-Crisis-Nobody-Mentions.html" data-cms-ai="0" ><picture> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/155a7e0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/715x401+113+0/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6d%2Fcb1c6c9142d3fa58fae53d98ee66%2Fshutterstock-709040884.jpg 1x,https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0f23539/2147483647/strip/true/crop/715x401+113+0/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6d%2Fcb1c6c9142d3fa58fae53d98ee66%2Fshutterstock-709040884.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f5e2a8e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/715x401+113+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6d%2Fcb1c6c9142d3fa58fae53d98ee66%2Fshutterstock-709040884.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="shutterstock_709040884" srcset="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f5e2a8e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/715x401+113+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6d%2Fcb1c6c9142d3fa58fae53d98ee66%2Fshutterstock-709040884.jpg 1x,https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/93f7510/2147483647/strip/true/crop/715x401+113+0/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6d%2Fcb1c6c9142d3fa58fae53d98ee66%2Fshutterstock-709040884.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f5e2a8e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/715x401+113+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6d%2Fcb1c6c9142d3fa58fae53d98ee66%2Fshutterstock-709040884.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> </a></div> <div class="PromoB-content"> <div class="Promo-category"> <a class="Link" href="https://www.governing.com/now" data-cms-ai="0" >State and Local Politics and Policy</a> </div> <div class="Promo-title"> <a class="Link" href="https://www.governing.com/now/The-COVID-Related-Housing-Crisis-Nobody-Mentions.html" data-cms-ai="0" >The COVID-Related Housing Crisis Nobody Mentions</a> </div> <div class="Promo-description">It’s a tragedy for tenants when they can’t pay the rent. It can also be a disaster for small landlords who need that rent money to live on, not to mention local governments that depend on property tax revenue.</div> <div class="Promo-byline"> <span class="Promo-tags"> </span><div class="Promo-date">October 05, 2020</div><span class="dot"> · </span><span class="Promo-author"><a class="Link" href="https://www.governing.com/authors/J-Brian-Charles.html" data-cms-ai="0" >J. 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