Thousands of people had to move in with relatives, into homes already overcrowded.
To make ends meet, they share apartments with other men, sometimes in unsafe, overcrowded homes.
Past attempts to crack down on overcrowded homes have involved the school district, according to Mr. Nolan, who has been supervisor for six months.
Many live in overcrowded homes or apartments.
They often place children in unsafe or overcrowded foster homes and provide them inadequate medical care.
The rest sit in squalid collection centers or live in overcrowded homes.
But he knew it had to be better than Ms. Little's damp and overcrowded home.
Lily Gamboll had, it seemed, been removed from her overcrowded home.
But some residents said the beefed-up laws put residents on the defensive while leaving loopholes for overcrowded homes.
Zoran is a slightly overweight 10-year-old living in an overcrowded home that his parents share with his grandmother, and aunt and uncle.