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Jeff Merkley: “You would be hard pressed to find a single family that bought their first house with a 20 percent down payment.”

On the recordMay 4, 2011
You would be hard pressed to find a single family that bought their first house with a 20 percent down payment.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley highlights concerns about the proposed down payment requirement affecting working-class families.

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