… tuition repayment program and, and then thrive as teachers in our public schools and then continue in those teacher centers to get the support they need and to retain them. We will launch Homes for City Workers, my innovative program to invest city pension funds to double the price of a home a teacher could afford to buy in the five boroughs. So if a teacher could afford a mortgage for $400,000, but they can't find a home for 400,000, the city's pension funds will invest right alongside them, another 400. (06:57–07:10)
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Asserts a plan to use city pension funds to help teachers afford homes in New York City.
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