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On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
Is continued subsidization of public housing in neighborhoods like the ones I described just perpetuating problems and an ineffective use of Federal resources?
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Questioning the effectiveness of public housing subsidies in high-poverty areas.

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