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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Julián Castro Talks to David Remnick About Housing Inequality

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Politics, Washington, News, Obama, Wnyc, President, Lizza, Barack, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2016

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Julián Castro was the mayor of his native San Antonio before being appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, for President Obama. A rising star of the Democratic Party, he is already getting tired of rumors that he might be Hillary Clinton’s pick for Vice-President. He spoke with David Remnick about housing inequality, gentrification, and racial segregation, and told him, “I do expect to be back in Texas next year.”

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I'm Dorothy Wickenden.

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On today's Politics and More podcast, New Yorker editor David Remnick

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talks to Julian Castro, the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

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Castro's department is working to address the rise in housing inequality.

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One of the striking things about this campaign has been the degree to which income inequality

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has emerged as a political and moral issue.

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We've heard about it not just as a central point in the democratic debates, but from

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Republican candidates as well.

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Inequality is tied up completely with so many issues, tax policy, financial regulation, jobs, trade agreements,

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but also with housing.

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We have a huge discrepancy between cities with too few jobs and very little investment,

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and those cities are falling apart.

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