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Byron Donalds: “Housing prices went up because people were just buying…”

Featuring: Byron Donalds, Republican | U.S. House, Florida, District 19

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Byron Donalds on 2026 Florida Governor's Race, fixing Florida's affordability crisis with Trump

Published | Video Starts at 04:53

And that's how we got to where we are here in Florida, because people were trying to escape. New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Illinois, California. Housing prices went up because people were just buying property in our state. That's how we got here. The question is, what are we going to do about it? I think, number one, obviously, what the governor wants to do around property tax elimination for homesteaded Floridians. (04:53–04:58)

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Asserts that housing prices in Florida increased due to high demand from out-of-state buyers.

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