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

you may have noticed an issue come up that

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

Both the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates and their vice

presidential picks are talking

about it on the stump.

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

including at the state and local levels.

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

because you can't get the money anywhere.

Can't buy houses.

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

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

aliens.

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

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

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

Health care and housing are human rights.

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

make renting or buying a home more affordable?

I'm Jen White.

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

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