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Michael Blake: “We need to increase income limits for housing applications…”

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

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Champions on the Court, Fighters at the Polls: Michael Blake vs. Richie Torres | Nayma Silver Uptown

Published | Video Starts at 27:32

The best way to know if you can pay your rent or pay a mortgage is did you pay your rent? You know, We need to increase income limits for housing applications and we need a local median income instead of area median income. You take those kinds of steps, you will actually can go further when it comes to housing. Go a step further. People have been in public housing. (27:32–27:39)

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Asserts the need to adjust income limits and use local median income for housing applications.

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