Residents wait early morning in the lobby of the Washington Heights and Inwood Coalition for the housing assistance officer to start work.
Residents looking for help with housing disputes must line up as early as 3 a.m to get assistance from cash-strapped community organizations in particularly vulnerable northern Manhattan neighborhoods.
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