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On the recordJanuary 10, 2024
Unlike during the experience of 2007-2008, these homeowners will have no expectation that the values of their homes will ever recover.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse warns about the potential long-term effects of the mortgage crisis linked to climate change.

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