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Bernie Sanders: “What the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act does is say that yes, we can create decent and affordable public housing…”

On the recordAugust 7, 2026
What the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act does is say that yes, we can create decent and affordable public housing for more than 1.5 million Americans that is based on energy efficiency and sustainable sources of power. And that when we do that, we can also create hundreds of thousands of good-paying, union jobs. That is a win-win-win situation.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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