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Mike Rogers: “Urban planners are going to have to figure this out. And I…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 17:01

Obviously, some urban areas, you can't build that huge, that part of affordable housing. So how does that work in a more urban area? I mean, Urban planners are going to have to figure this out. And I think the federal government's role in this should be minimal but supportive. They're going to have to figure out which neighborhoods. When I first was an FBI agent and I went in and they were, and again, I'm from kind of an area that looks a lot like here in Manchester from Michigan. (17:01–17:08)

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Asserts that urban planners should take the lead on housing issues with minimal but supportive federal government involvement.

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