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In this May 10, 2016 photo, Kenny Simelton talks about issues with his Elmwood apartment in Cairo, Ill. Simelton had pulled back the stove to show where rats have been getting in. A government plan to tear down the crumbling public housing complex in the southern Illinois town of Cairo has sent roughly 200 families searching for new homes and sparked fears that the once-thriving river city could be coming to an end. (Richard Sitler/The Southern Illinoisan via AP)

In this May 10, 2016 photo, Kenny Simelton talks about issues with his Elmwood apartment in Cairo, Ill. Simelton had pulled back the stove to show where rats have been getting in. A government plan to tear down the crumbling public housing complex in the southern Illinois town of Cairo has sent roughly 200 families searching for new homes and sparked fears that the once-thriving river city could be coming to an end. (Richard Sitler/The Southern Illinoisan via AP)

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