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Rashida Tlaib: “I am going to start calling my neighbors who are struggling with housing--these are our, 'low-wage neighbors.'”

On the recordJune 8, 2021
I am going to start calling my neighbors who are struggling with housing--these are our, 'low-wage neighbors.'
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Advocates for recognizing struggling individuals as low-wage earners rather than just low-income.

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