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All Fact-checks for Housing

Instagram posts

stated on November 8, 2024 in an Instagram post

"BREAKING: Zillow CEO just said on CNBC Trump's deportation plan will help with housing affordability.”

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stated on August 16, 2024 in a post on X

“Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes.”

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stated on April 25, 2024 in an ad

President Joe Biden is paying rent for immigrants illegally in the country.

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Instagram posts

stated on March 16, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram

Una ley en Estados Unidos dice “si una casa no está habitada, podemos expropiarla”.

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Instagram posts

stated on March 16, 2024 in an Instagram post

A U.S. law says that “if a house is not inhabited, we can expropriate it.”

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stated on November 22, 2023 in video

Suggests homeless people mysteriously went missing in San Francisco.

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Vivek Ramaswamy

stated on November 8, 2023 in Republican primary debate

An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”

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Shelley Moore Capito

stated on August 23, 2023 in a post on X

“#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.”

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stated on July 15, 2023 in a speech

Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation.

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stated on April 11, 2023 in Senate Banking Committee press release

“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”

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stated on April 21, 2023 in a tweet

“Buyers with good credit scores will pay even more to cover for those with bad credit."

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The Gateway Pundit

stated on September 1, 2022 in in an article

Bank of America “announced a new mortgage home loan program for first-time homebuyers. But only blacks and Hispanics will be eligible.”

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stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post

"Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion."

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stated on May 4, 2022 in a press conference

“It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.”

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stated on April 18, 2022 in Twitter

Says Gov. Tony Evers "wanted to increase your taxes by $1 billion just for heating your homes. Instead, Republicans cut your taxes by more than $2 billion."

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stated on January 23, 2022 in a Facebook post

American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical, free state identification” to immigrants in the country illegally.

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stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview

“In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”

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stated on August 9, 2021 in a tweet

“California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.”

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stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter

End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.

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stated on July 29, 2021 in an image

“It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”

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Debate vicepresidencial entre Tim Walz y JD Vance: PolitiFact verificó lo que dijeron

Debate vicepresidencial entre Tim Walz y JD Vance: PolitiFact verificó lo que dijeron

By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024

Comparing economic performance for Black Americans under Trump, Biden

Comparing economic performance for Black Americans under Trump, Biden

By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2024

Donald Trump’s rally spotlighted the Biden, Trump economies. We fact-checked the graphics

Donald Trump’s rally spotlighted the Biden, Trump economies. We fact-checked the graphics

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2023

As Ron DeSantis kicks off his presidential bid, how has Florida fared economically on his watch?

As Ron DeSantis kicks off his presidential bid, how has Florida fared economically on his watch?

By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2023

In Context: What a Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter coordinator said about migrant housing

In Context: What a Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter coordinator said about migrant housing

By Madison Czopek • September 16, 2022

The CDC’s new eviction moratorium: Is it legal?

The CDC’s new eviction moratorium: Is it legal?

By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2021

What’s happening with the federal eviction moratorium and rental assistance?

What’s happening with the federal eviction moratorium and rental assistance?

By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2021

Yes, the price of plywood is up in the range of 252%, with market factors to blame

Yes, the price of plywood is up in the range of 252%, with market factors to blame

By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2021

Sacramento Could Be One Of First Cities To Reform Single-Family Zoning. Here’s How It Would Work.

Sacramento Could Be One Of First Cities To Reform Single-Family Zoning. Here’s How It Would Work.

By Chris Nichols • February 25, 2021

What’s in Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan?

What’s in Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan?

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2021

Kamala Harris Says She ‘Took On The Big Banks’ As California Atty. General. Did She Go Far Enough?

Kamala Harris Says She ‘Took On The Big Banks’ As California Atty. General. Did She Go Far Enough?

By Chris Nichols • August 25, 2020

Donald Trump’s executive order on evictions, explained

Donald Trump’s executive order on evictions, explained

By Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2020

Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death

Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death

By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2020

Latest promises about Housing

Provide Section 8 vouchers to low-income families to cap housing costs at 30% of income

Increase access to affordable housing

Increase the supply of affordable housing throughout metropolitan regions

Expand the YouthBuild program, a youth education and housing program.

Create a Homeowner Obligation Made Explicit (HOME) score for mortgage comparisons

Launch a supportive services-housing program for veterans to prevent homelessness

Expand housing vouchers program for homeless veterans

Fully fund the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

Allow bankruptcy judges to modify terms of a home mortgage