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2020 Ideas Festival: Rent Subsidies
To combat high housing costs, Senators Kamala Harris and Corey Booker — both democratic primary contenders — have proposed
offering monthly subsidies to those paying more than 30 percent of their income in rent. Noëlle Porter, director of government affairs at the National Housing Law Project, discusses Harris's plan.
"When we fill this gap monthly, and allow people to catch up, we allow them to build their assets over time." -@noe1le Porter of the National Housing Law Project on How rental assistance would help reduce the wealth gap.
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"71% of extremely low income renters are paying more than 50% of their housing each month in rental costs" @noe1le says. She's talking about Sen. @KamalaHarris's rental credit plan as part of our 2020 Ideas Festival
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