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Elissa Slotkin: “We are short around the country 4 million units of housing.”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Slotkin Talks Jobs and the Economy at Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber Event

Published | Video Starts at 13:01

There's a bunch of reasons why housing prices have gone through the roof. But realistically we stopped building as much housing as we needed back in 2008, 2009 and We are short around the country 4 million units of housing. That's how much we're short. So anyone you understand supply and demand. When there's not enough supply, the price of a house goes, goes up. (13:01–13:06)

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