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On the recordJune 12, 2024
Is there any logic to saying that we should keep homeownership, single-family homeownership, on the plate of middle class Americans?
Said by
Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley questions the logic of maintaining homeownership for the middle class amid hedge fund investments.

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