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Greg Casar: “We have invested too little in affordable housing.”

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

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Congressman Greg Casar: Housing Prices Make It Impossible to Get Ahead

Published | Video Starts at 00:19

Like most crises, this crisis has several causes. We've made it too hard to build new housing in the United States of America. We have invested too little in affordable housing. and we have invest invested too little in helping people afford their the housing that we have. And we have allowed hedge funds and big corporations to buy up too much of our housing and jack up our price, our prices. (00:19–00:23)

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Asserts insufficient investment in affordable housing in the U.S.

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