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Michael Blake: “We need the end using credit scores when it comes to housing…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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Michael Blake Discusses Mayoral Campaign and Challenges Against Andrew Cuomo

Published | Video Starts at 15:06

Area median income is how your housing other expenses are determined. But it includes Westchester, Rockland and Suffolk county that makes any sense at all. We need the end using credit scores when it comes to housing applications. and increase the income limits on these housing applications and be very intentional that when we build 600,000 units, which we said we're on affordable housing, that will allow us to actually have a chance here to truly have affordability. (15:06–15:10)

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Asserts that credit scores should not be used in housing applications.

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