This article is co-published with The Guardian. Josh Alba had lived in an illegal basement apartment in Queens, New York for almost five years. Despite the low ceilings, he savored his chance to afford housing without roommates. But his tenure there ended during Hurricane Ida.  He’d been asleep on his couch as the rain started […]

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