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Maxine Waters: “This cost increase is the result of inaction on the affordable housing crisis by Congress.”

On the recordJune 20, 2023
This cost increase is the result of inaction on the affordable housing crisis by Congress.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters attributes rising housing costs to Congress's failure to act.

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