Thank you Senator Whitehouse. I want you to know you have so many fans throughout the US and the world not just here in our little state of Rhode Island.
Definitely definitely definitely out of reach at one point it was in reach for me. That was not too long ago now it’s outrageous! Thank you Senator White House for all you do.
Thank you, Senator, for keeping us abreast of the Budget Committee activities. I am reassured by the all the various efforts by your colleagues to protect the equity of hard working people against financial disenfranchisement. 🙏
We need more Senators like Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. Chuck Grassley, New Hartford, Iowa. The longest serving do nothing Senator. He is 90 years old and has already filed for reelection in 2028. He’ll be 95. The people of Iowa had an opportunity to vote him out, but they keep bringing him back in, how nice for him.😒
We need affordable single family homes for families, not highrise apartments that have 250sf studios for $3200 and $400sf 1 bedrooms for $4500 or 2 bedrooms for $6000, all without parking. They're tearing down single family homes, businesses, churches to build highrise that nobody can afford. This needs to come to a screeching halt.
@@jovenusdivine503 - San Diego. Exactly, they are very high. That's why I'm complaing. All they've been building the past 6 years are unaffordable highrise apartment buildings without parking. Ridiculous. The prices to rent keep going up with each new highrise. Plans for about another 100 are in the works. Taking out beautiful single family homes to put up 32 story unaffordable highrises without parking. Ruining and destroying the character, livability and uniqueness, history of our communities, neighborhoods, and cities. Anything for $. Greed
Based on climate change, I think tent cities must become the norm. When weather is bad, fold up the tent do it doesn’t get blown away(so, not do) Canvas structures are more flexible. Steel and high rise structures are neither practical nor long lasting. They are planned obsolescence. Housing could also include alternate homes, such as master suites for 3-4 units with shared kitchen and laundry. Tent communities with kitchens baths and laundries. And get rid of Rx fueled opioid epidemic
This is a very important issue. I've seen home builder contractors building in my area of the country, but they are only building high end homes and what we need them to build are quality homes that aren't so pricy, homes that are good and sturdy structures but are just the basics without all the "extras" that make houses unaffordable. They used to do that, but for some reason have stopped. I can only think it was their greed for profits.
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The cost of housing, both rental and ownership, has skyrocketed due to supply vs demand vs greed. So called ‘investors’ have snatched up too much of our housing. They control the market based on their bottom line. Greed kills.
The 2008 banking crisis started it in California when banks took ownership of foreclosures. They jacked up rental prices. Then, they held onto the assets.
LLC investment groups buying up family houses sometimes before they even go up for sale in the open market instead of families buying them raises rents and prices for houses. Builders not building homes under 500000 because they are more profitable. The government needs to limit homes purchased for investment and get involved in building houses under 250000 so young people can afford to buy. The government needs to limit section 8 rental subsidies which is driving up rents and housing prices
After paying my outrageous, ever rising rent, I can only afford to pay utilities. That's it. I don't buy on credit. Now with millions of "refugees" entering our country each year it's only going to get worse as realtors and corporate landlords rake in more and more profits.
thank you BUT, all these actions are not addressing the actual problem but focus on symptoms. if we are actually to solve the problem, we have to eliminate the ability for corporate takeover of housing. private equities buy large volume of homes on down turns and become monopolies on upswings. no law restricting ownership is necessary. allow normal property tax for the first couple of homes but after that double the total property tax for every additional residence. this will allow people to buy a rental unit or two but after that, the tax will become untenable and you will eliminate the real reason why we have a housing problem. i have proposed this for the past 30+yrs and our situation has continued to worsen. until we deal with the causes of our problems instead of reacting to the symptoms, we will just perpetuate the problem with band-aid solutions that just postpone the inevitable collapse.
