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NYC mayor drops slick video bragging red tape cuts speed up affordable housing. Rents stuck at three grand plus while families max credit cards for groceries.

NYC’s mayor dropped one of those polished videos bragging about cutting red tape so affordable housing gets built faster, saying working people “can’t afford to wait.” Problem is people already feel completely crushed on rent, groceries, gas, everything, so the replies turned ugly fast. A lot of people were basically saying “cool speech, but where …

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Except nothing about it is affordable.

Except nothing about it is affordable. pic.twitter.com/SsaZPoEles — Rhetoric Facer 🇺🇸 (@John_Monahan) October 14, 2025 Obama said when the ACA passed every family would save $2,500. Since this lie the cost of healthcare has risen every year. There is absolutely NOTHING “affordable”! pic.twitter.com/vc6OGWETAN — Clyp Keeper (@DGrayTexas45) October 14, 2025 A 2023 study from the …

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Washington Post: Obamacare was Never Actually Affordable

by Martin Armstrong The Affordable Care Plan (Obamacare) was never affordable, admits the editorial board of the Washington Post. The same council that praised Obama’s “signature achievement” finally revealed what the American people so clearly experienced–healthcare costs rose. “The real problem is that the Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] was never actually affordable,” the Post declared, …

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Rep Andy Biggs: The reality is that Obamacare is only affordable when it is heavily subsidized.

The reality is that Obamacare is only affordable when it is heavily subsidized. The complete failure of the “Affordable” Care Act is why health insurance premiums have skyrocketed. That’s why I introduced a bill to completely—and responsibly—repeal Obamacare. Repeal the ACA, open the insurance markets in every state for all companies to compete without ridiculous …

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Fed keeps trillions in toxic MBSs: Private equity firms squeeze homebuyers, affordable housing remains out of reach.

The housing market didn’t collapse. It was looted. The 2008 crash wasn’t a failure. It was a transfer. The Fed absorbed $2.7 trillion in toxic mortgage-backed securities from its bankster accomplices, dumped the fallout onto taxpayers, and called it stability. “The Fed still holds about $2.7 trillion in mortgage-backed securities, down only slightly from its …

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Chips and Cigarettes NO LONGER AFFORDABLE!

Convenience stores across the country are saying sales are down 4.3% year over year and chips and cigarette sales in particular are taking a hit. And of course these items are discretionary and not necessary which is yet another economic warning sign people are going broke.

Simply Unaffordable! Portugal, Canada And USA Are Least Affordable, Hawaii And California Are The Least Affordable US States

by confoundedinterest17 Housing is simply unaffordable in many parts of the USA and world. Its the same all over the world. except Romania and Finland. The most unaffordble countries are Portugal, Canada, the USA, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. The most affordable? Romania, Finland, Italy, and Bulgaria. For the USA, Hawaii and California are the least affordable while West …

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4 Of USA’s Most Affordable Cities Are In Ohio (Cleveland, Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus), None In California (Ohio Requires 10 Workdays To Afford Monthly Mortgage Payment)

by confoundedinterest17 No, its not 1903. Its 2025 and Dayton Ohio is the third most affordable city in the USA. Ohio, the cradle of American Presidents (McKinley, Grant, Taft, Benjamin Harrison, Hayes, Garfield, Harding), is also home to 4 of the most affordable cities in the USA, according to The Virtual Capitalist. Workdays required to afford a …

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Affordable AI models like DeepSeek might expose overblown valuations in Big Tech investments… AI bubble popped?

by AdDisastrous7191 China’s #DeepSeek could represent the biggest threat to US equity markets as the company seems to have built a groundbreaking AI model at an extremely low price and w/o having access to cutting-edge chips, calling into question the utility of the hundreds of billions worth of capex being poured into this industry. DeepSeek was built …

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Simply Unaffordable! The Most Unaffordable And Most Affordable Cities In USA (San Jose/New York City Are Least Affordable, Detroit/Cleveland Are Most Affordable)

by confoundedinterest17 Some cities in the USA are simply unaffordable. The Visual Capitalist calls most unaffordable cities as least affordable. San Jose California and New York City are the two most unaffordable cities in the USA. According to household spending. On the flip side of the affordability coin is … Detroit Michigan and Cleveland Ohio. Followed closely by Dayton Ohio and El Paso Texas. Fortunately, I live …

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HOA’s Are RUINING Affordable Neighborhoods!

84% of newly built and sold homes as of 2022 were all part of an HOA or Homeowners Association. This is a worrying trend because a lot of homebuyers don’t want to be a part of an HOA and many people who live in one now want to escape it. But these communities are ruining …

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The median home is affordable in just four states and six of the 50 largest metro areas.

Let’s dive into the affordability of median-priced homes in US metro areas. 2024 Affordability: More than 90% of metro markets (205 out of 221, or 93%) saw home price gains in the first quarter of 2024. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate ranged from 6.60% to 6.94% during this period. Thirty percent of the tracked metro areas experienced double-digit price gains, up from …

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Somehow we need to make this more affordable.

Somehow we need to make this more affordable. We can't count on Elon alone to keep producing children. pic.twitter.com/nuPAzFqRMt — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) June 26, 2024 According to a recent NerdWallet survey conducted by The Harris Poll, here are some key findings related to the cost of raising children: Overall Cost: Around 1 in …

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“There’s no longer such a thing as affordable”

"There's no longer such a thing as affordable" "Nothing is going to be affordable, especially houses" "If you cannot afford a house today, you're never going to be able to afford it tomorrow" "By the time home prices come down and that recession hits, you're not going to have… pic.twitter.com/Or6bifOIwV — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) …

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What happens when low-income housing is no longer affordable?

https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1784681285287305318 In Seattle and across the country, nonprofits that operate low-income housing face a skyrocketing balance of unpaid rent. In the Seattle area, the total rent debt across all tenants is estimated at $170 million, according to the National Equity Atlas, the vast majority of it belonging to low-income households. Across the country, the total …

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The ‘most affordable’ community to buy a house in the U.S. is in Michigan

Michigan is home to the nation’s “most affordable” community to buy real estate when evaluating ZIP codes with 10,000 or more people. The 48505 ZIP code, located in Flint, has a median home price of $27,703, according to real-estate marketplace Zillow. When compared to the community’s median income ($29,061), the 48505 has a home-price-to-household-income rate …

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Top 1% of US earners are now have more wealth than the middle class; Housing is less affordable for both renters and buyers alike.

Economic inequality worsens in the U.S. as the top 1% amass more wealth. Housing affordability declines. The 1% are crushing it 👇 pic.twitter.com/0Wfsj4EbR6 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 14, 2023 Housing is less affordable for both renters and buyers alike, per Bloomberg: pic.twitter.com/vT3bMKiKxV — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) December 14, 2023

Housing is so expensive that incomes would have to spike 55% for it to be affordable

While you are distracted with petty daily infightings, this has been silently underway. You will own nothing and be happy… via businessinsider: The housing market is so unaffordable that only three extreme scenarios would return it to pre-pandemic affordability. US incomes would have to spike 55% to consider the current market affordable, an industry executive …

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September 2023 marks the least affordable month for U.S. housing this century, surpassing the record set just a month prior in August 2023.

This century meaning since 2000. The early 80s were, according to most housing affordability metrics, worse than this. — Lance Lambert (@NewsLambert) September 27, 2023 Homes ‘unaffordable’ in 99% of nation for average American… The typical American cannot afford to buy a home in a growing number of communities across the nation, according to common …

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NYC mayor Eric Adams tells Illegals NY is to expensive, says he will help then relocate to a more ” affordable city”

via cityandstateny: Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is doubling down on its message to asylum-seekers at the southern border who might be thinking of coming to New York City: You’re better off going somewhere else. That message is being delivered in an updated set of flyers that the city and its partners will distribute at the border and …

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