Curtis Sliwa: “Takes five years to build affordable housing.”

“This is a horror situation that's taking place and we have to prioritize this because this number of homeless children is going to grow. Takes five years to build affordable housing. We need to address it in the shelters itself to be able to handle it so that the, the teachers can come in, whether they're public school teachers, charter school …” (19:18–19:22)

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