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Tim Scott: “In 1982, [my mother] became a first-time homeowner at 38…”

Featuring: Tim Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, South Carolina

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Chairman Scott Joins HUD Secretary Turner to Discuss Housing Priorities, ROAD to Housing Act

Published | Video Starts at 03:23

And I can tell you that as a kid who grew up in poverty in a single parent household, my mother in 1982, I shouldn't say that because you can just do the math and figure out her age In 1982, [my mother] became a first-time homeowner at 38 years old. To think 43 years later we're struggling with that same issue again. Tells me that innovative solutions, creative opportunities, putting more pressure on local jurisdictions to increase capacity by changing … (03:23–03:34)

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