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Housing Policy And The 2024 Presidential Campaign

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Both the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, and their vice-presidential picks, are talking about a big issue on the stump: housing.

Why is housing a central issue in this campaign? Both presidential campaigns are focusing more on affordability, including for housing. So, what can the federal government do to make renting or buying a home more affordable?

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If you've followed the past month of presidential politics a month that might feel like a decade

0:12.1

you may have noticed an issue come up that

0:14.5

hasn't gotten much attention from national campaigns in the past. Housing.

0:18.6

Both the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates and their vice

0:22.1

presidential picks are talking

0:23.7

about it on the stump.

0:25.2

As president I will work in partnership with industry to build the housing we need both to rent and to buy. We will take down barriers and cut red tape

0:38.8

including at the state and local levels.

0:41.2

60% mortgage rates have quadrupled and the fact is it doesn't matter what they are

0:48.6

because you can't get the money anywhere.

0:50.8

Can't buy houses.

0:51.8

Young people can't get any financing to buy a house. The lack of good jobs of course led to

0:56.7

stagnant wages and then the Democrats flooded this country with millions of illegal

1:02.3

aliens.

1:03.0

So citizens had to compete with people who shouldn't even be here for precious housing.

1:14.0

That's how we'll turn the page on Donald Trump.

1:17.0

That's how we'll build a country where workers come first.

1:21.0

Health care and housing are human rights.

1:26.6

Why is housing a central issue in this campaign? And what can the federal government do to

1:31.6

make renting or buying a home more affordable?

1:34.5

I'm Jen White.

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You're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story.

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