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On the recordDecember 14, 2011
This will not end homelessness. The only way for us to do that as a society is to be honest about it and to try to put money on the table to build more affordable housing.
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Mike Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Capuano stresses the need for funding affordable housing to truly address homelessness.

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