Mike Lawler: “We're 6.5 million units underbuilt nationwide.”

“You look at immigration and the border, you look at energy policy, you look at, obviously taxes, spending regulations, but housing is critical. We're 6.5 million units underbuilt nationwide. You know, my state of New York has a real housing Crisis. You have 50,000 vacant units in New York City right now, in part because of the policies that have been put in place in New York.” (00:32–00:37)

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