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Michael Blake: “We need to increase our income limits and have a local…”

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

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We think about the expenses when it comes to housing and childcare in particular. We need to end using credit scores when it comes to housing. We need to increase our income limits and have a local median income because area median income is not working for us. We need to actually have a guaranteed job, guaranteed pension, and guaranteed income and benefits to help our communities equal. When we think about the vision around education I have regularly said, how do you help our kids? (02:01–02:07)

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Proposes increasing income limits and using local median income instead of area median income.

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