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Tom Barrett: “I actually co-sponsored one of the bills that would set in…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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HUD Secretary Scott Turner stops in Lansing to talk affordable housing

Published | Video Starts at 07:53

It's actually that the Senate is wrong. So the Senate is always the wrong one. But we are making great progress in pulling that together and getting that done. I actually co-sponsored one of the bills that would set in place that ban on large institutional buyers. What we've seen in some communities across America is they've established a near monopoly of home value by buying up the single family homes in some communities across, across our country. (07:53–07:59)

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Asserts co-sponsorship of a bill to ban large institutional buyers from purchasing homes.

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