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Elissa Slotkin: “We're short 4 million units of housing across the country.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:16

So we had a conversation about this as a big group to talk about how Michigan in general brings down the price of housing. Now there is a basic supply and demand issue, right? We need more housing in Michigan. We're short 4 million units of housing across the country. That includes Michigan. So whenever there's not enough supply, the price gets jacked up. So we can do a couple of things. (04:16–04:20)

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Asserts that there is a shortage of 4 million housing units in the United States.

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