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Brian Schatz: “We could allocate $3 trillion to affordable housing. And if…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Schatz: National Housing Shortage Is A Problem The Government Has Created; We Can Fix It

Published | Video Starts at 06:52

A lot of government things that we do that have helped and can help more. But the truth is that the throughput capacity of the system is Being constrained by the government itself, We could allocate $3 trillion to affordable housing. And if it's still hard to build a house in an individual neighborhood, all that money would get stuck. Actually, the state of California tried that. They allocated an enormous amount of money to housing, and. And they didn't get very much built. (06:52–07:02)

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Asserts that even with $3 trillion allocated, regulatory barriers would impede housing construction.

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