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Bernie Sanders: “We have now not only 800,000 Americans who are homeless, we…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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1-ON-1: Bernie Sanders Talks Corporate Influence, Affordable Housing & Addiction

Published | Video Starts at 00:56

Is that something that you find some common ground? Yeah, it's something I think we should consider, but I think the real issue is We have now not only 800,000 Americans who are homeless, we have something like 20 million households who are spending 50% of their limited incomes on housing. That's insane. So what we have got to do is build millions of units of low income and affordable housing. (00:56–01:15)

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Asserts that 800,000 Americans are homeless and 20 million households spend 50% of income on housing.

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