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Maxine Waters: “How many agree that even with new technology and some of the reset of the recommendations that you may have about not…”

On the recordOctober 21, 2015
How many agree that even with new technology and some of the reset of the recommendations that you may have about not increasing the rent, that if we are to deal with the unhoused population in this country, we are going to have to spend credible resources in order to do it?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters calls for investment to address homelessness despite differing opinions on rent policies.

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