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Mike Thompson: “This financing was mostly located in high distressed communities throughout the country, around 60 percent were located…”

On the recordApril 25, 2012
This financing was mostly located in high distressed communities throughout the country, around 60 percent were located in communities where the unemployment rates were at least 1.5 times the national average.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Thompson highlights the impact of financing on distressed communities.

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