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Josh Shapiro: “We will be statewide 180, 85,000 housing units short by the…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Governor Shapiro and local officials celebrate groundbreaking of Westpark Apartments

Published | Video Starts at 13:53

That is changing on my watch. We need to take action and we need to take it now. If we don't act now, if we don't do more of what PHA is doing, We will be statewide 180, 85,000 housing units short by the year 2035 [if no action is taken]. I laid out in very clear terms in my budget address last week the things that we need to do last month, the things that we need to do immediately to begin that work. (13:53–14:04)

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Asserts that Pennsylvania will be short 180,000 to 185,000 housing units by 2035 if no action is taken.

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