For far too many people, especially folks in my generation, the cost of rent makes it impossible to get ahead and the idea of owning a home is constantly out of reach. 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. (00:15–00:20)
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Asserts that building new housing in the U.S. is overly difficult.
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