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Tom Tiffany: “It costs nearly $90,000 before you buy even a 2x4, a…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Tom Tiffany campaigns in Green Bay

Published | Video Starts at 19:55

But what I would say to you this week, we rolled out our housing affordability platform and it starts with reducing regulation here in Wisconsin. It costs nearly $90,000 before you buy even a 2x4, a shingle, a window, anything like that to be able to build a home in Wisconsin. We are going to change that. We're going to make it more affordable. And we have to, because young people, the average age is now 40 years old to buy your first home in Wisconsin. (19:55–20:06)

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Claims it costs nearly $90,000 in regulatory expenses before building a home in Wisconsin.

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