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On the recordOctober 2, 2017
It was a great mistake to push lower income people into housing they couldn't afford and couldn't really handle once they had it.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Barney Frank criticized pushing low-income individuals into unaffordable housing.

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