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Maxine Waters: “Short-term extensions cause lapses in the program that place communities at risk and undermine our housing market.”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2016
Short-term extensions cause lapses in the program that place communities at risk and undermine our housing market.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters highlights the negative impact of short-term extensions on the housing market.

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