Meanwhile, private equity and Wall street have rushed in to buy up homes that would have gone to families. All the while, the federal government has sat on the sidelines, failing to act. Congress has been sitting on its hands for decades as multiple generations of Americans have seen their dreams of home ownership slip out of reach. while Wall street rakes in the profits. It is no wonder that when you ask Americans why they don't like politics or why they don't trust Congress, they will often say something like, it just all feels like it's rigged. (00:59–01:11)
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Asserts that Congress has not acted on housing issues for decades.
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