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Greg Casar: “We can actually add hundreds of thousands of homes inside…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Judy Maggio talks with City Council Member Greg Casar

Published | Video Starts at 15:35

And I think when we've been talking about code next and now the new rebooted effort of just rewriting the land development code, we recognize that We can actually add hundreds of thousands of homes inside the city without having to demolish low income people's houses in the process. And the reason we need to add those hundreds of thousands of homes is as people are born and as people move here, if we don't all fit, it's like a pitcher of water that's 3/4 full. (15:35–15:44)

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Asserts that it is possible to add many homes in the city without demolishing low-income housing.

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