Heather Cox Richardson: “In part, that was the COVID epidemic.”

“Three and a half years ago, when I started, Massachusetts was short about 220,000 homes. No wonder our rents are through the roof and prices on homes too high. Just to be clear, In part, that was the COVID epidemic. Yep, yep, absolutely. And, and it was around the country. I'm just explaining people that was around the country. It wasn't just Massachusetts. Yeah. And so here's what I did.” (11:26–11:29)

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