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‘More empty homes in America than there are homeless people’: Affordability agenda drives NY primary
Critics debate whether the primary win of Zohran Mamdani is a referendum on the future of the Democratic party. One thing is certain – he clearly struck a nerve with voters, and it’s that Americans can barely afford to live in this country. Author and economics professor Andre Perry argues that nothing will be affordable if wages can’t keep pace with rising costs. He notes that New York City has “lost 75,000 middle income jobs” just in the last year. According to radio show host and NYT best-selling author, Thom Hartmann, the housing crisis has been driven in part by giant corporations buying up properties and driving up costs, stating when prices “you start to see homelessness explode in these communities.”
