Amy Goodman
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"We need more housing": Elizabeth Warren on gentrification & lack of affordable housing in the U.S.
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November 11, 2019
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4:18Now PlayingOn Nov. 8, six 2020 candidates spoke about issues of environmental racism in the U.S. at the first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice, held in Orangeburg at South Carolina State University and co-moderated by Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman. Senator Elizabeth Warren elaborated on her proposed policies to address gentrification, emphasizing the severity of the housing crisis in the U.S. and the necessity of building more affordable housing. Warren says the primary sources of new affordable housing units — private developers and the federal government — have halted their efforts in recent decades. As part of her plan to combat displacement, Warren proposes the construction of 3.2 million affordable housing units across the country. She also highlights how housing contributes to the racial wealth gap and legacy of redlining in the U.S. that has discriminated against black homeowners and purchasers. "We have to stop and recognize the racial dimension of what happened here. We have got to acknowledge the past wrongs that are still felt today," Warren told an audience in Orangeburg. "We have got to make steps towards making that right."
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