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    Candidates Keep Tight Focus on the Economy

    Mar 27, 2008 10:10 PM EDT

    ... This money could be used to purchase foreclosed or distressed properties, which cities and states could then resell to low-income families or convert into affordable rental housing. It could be used to help neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates avoid increased crime and blight by investing in everything from police ...

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    Clinton Calls for $30B Plan to Halt Foreclosures

    Mar 27, 2008 04:00 AM EDT

    ... This money could be used to purchase foreclosed or distressed properties, which cities and states could then resell to low-income families or convert into affordable rental housing. It could be used to help neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates avoid increased crime and blight by investing in everything from police ...

  • Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out  to Americans how he'll make housing more affordable

    Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out to Americans how he'll make housing more affordable

    Jan 20, 2026 04:39 PM EDT

    Headlines about Trump's push to acquire Greenland threaten to overshadow his proposals.

  • WATCH: Trump speaks at Faith and Freedom Coalition policy conference

    WATCH: Trump speaks at Faith and Freedom Coalition policy conference

    Jun 26, 2026 05:23 PM EDT

    ... lease renewals beginning this fall. It affects nearly a million rent-stabilized apartments and helps fulfill one of Mamdani’s signature campaign promises to make housing more affordable. Trump also warned that the left’s election victories is a movement that “isn’t stopping with New York.” The president said ...

  • Trump says he won't sign major housing bill until Congress passes SAVE Act

    Trump says he won't sign major housing bill until Congress passes SAVE Act

    Jun 24, 2026 04:22 PM EDT

    ... to do something about it.” The Massachusetts lawmaker said Trump is his own worst enemy when it comes to lowering interest rates to help make housing more affordable. She said his tariffs, his energy policies and his Iran war have kept inflation running hotter than it should, keeping borrowing costs ...

  • Canada's prime minister says economic connection to the U.S. has shifted from a strength to a weakness

    Canada's prime minister says economic connection to the U.S. has shifted from a strength to a weakness

    Apr 19, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... clean energy capacity and reduce trade barriers within the country. He also emphasized Canada’s increased defense spending, reduction in taxes and efforts to make housing more affordable.“We have to take care of ourselves because we can’t rely on one foreign partner,” he said. “We can’t control ...

  • Trump signs executive orders aimed at home affordability ahead of midterms

    Trump signs executive orders aimed at home affordability ahead of midterms

    Mar 13, 2026 10:37 PM EDT

    ... regulatory barriers, slow permitting processes, and onerous mandates at all levels of government have delayed construction, restricted development, and driven up the costs of new housing,” said a draft of the order. "These constraints have made housing less affordable for many Americans." The executive orders — obtained exclusively by The Associated ...

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on building inclusive communities

    A Brief But Spectacular take on building inclusive communities

    Oct 08, 2025 10:20 PM EDT

    ... to housing, and the solutions weren't available in any community, not just in the community where she was. The Kelsey builds and advocates for housing that is disability-forward, housing that's affordable, accessible and inclusive. We also then go upstream and say, how do we change the systems ...

  • Democrats were hammered with misleading attacks on transgender issues. The party is grappling with how to move forward

    Democrats were hammered with misleading attacks on transgender issues. The party is grappling with how to move forward

    Nov 14, 2024 08:55 PM EDT

    ... a Democrat from Delaware, noted that she did not run on her identity – though it was not a secret – and instead talked to voters about “affordable health care, housing and child care” for everyone. “The party that was focused on culture wars, the party that was focused on trans people ...

  • Comparing Trump's and Harris' differing ideas on how to boost the economy

    Comparing Trump's and Harris' differing ideas on how to boost the economy

    Sep 04, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    ... of undocumented migrants. J.D. Vance, his running mate, has said that plan is their housing plan, that, ultimately, U.S. citizens are fighting for housing with U.S. migrants and that deporting millions of migrants could make housing more affordable. We spoke to Michael Strain, who is an economist ...