Next, check with the humane society to see if they can/will directly do anything, or if they will loan or rent traps for you to do so.

I can't agree with your comments, since in our 'civilized society' there are some activities that are permissible and some that aren't. 

This is a litigious society we live in and for you to go to court with that story, your sure to lose.

Social rooming houses who cater to those on the edges of society are outside our expertise and appetite. 

Sadly, we live in such a litigious society anymore, it's better to be safe than sorry. 

LLC and "entity structure" salesmen have been incredibly successful at perpetuating such myths across basically our entire society.

In fact, in many low socioeconomic societies the greatest challenge is lack of education, not poor quality housing. 

Providing assistance to those that choose to live off of assistance is counter productive for society.

Is a nice hidden gem of a book.You may want to peruse the Book Store at the Society of Exchange Counselors.The late Jack Miller has a ton of material on Creative TransactionsWhen you have reached a level of comfortability ( give yourself plenty of time), I highly recommend taking a Peter Fortunato class to get your brain twisted on how to focus on create good deals not finding them.Best of luck

We have, as a society, been experiencing heavy urbanization for a while now and I think that contributes to the above trends.