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Maura Healey: “Three and a half years ago, when I started, Massachusetts…”

Featuring: Maura Healey, Democratic | Governor of Massachusetts

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American Conversations: Governor Maura Healey

Published | Video Starts at 11:16

A bunch of things, stack it up together and then you have something. I'll tell you what I'm talking about. 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. (11:16–11:22)

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Asserts that Massachusetts had a housing shortage of 220,000 homes three and a half years ago.

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