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FDR: We must recognize clearly that housing will not be built if costs are too high in relation to the consumer's income.

On the recordNovember 26, 1937
We must recognize clearly that housing will not be built if costs are too high in relation to the consumer's income.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Legislation for Private Construction of Housing

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