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On the recordJanuary 13, 2020
But when you go to those individual local zoning hearings, people say no, I don't want any more housing here. That is the problem. It is about politics.
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Ed Perlmutter
Democratic · Colorado
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Perlmutter highlights local opposition to affordable housing at zoning hearings.

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