Gretchen Whitmer: “We helped more than 6,000 Michiganders buy their first homes…”

“We're at 86,000 now, on track to hit our new target of 115,000. We closed our housing gap by 44% and our home ownership rate remains higher than the national average at almost 75%. And We helped more than 6,000 Michiganders buy their first homes last year with record setting mortgage and down payment assistance loans. I also directed our housing department to connect more young men and women to our home ownership programs.” (28:46–28:55)

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