Senate Banking Committee Chairman Brown Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Housing Market
August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Aug. 2, 2022, entitled "The Rent Eats First: How Renters and Communities are Impacted by Today's Housing Market":
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Yesterday was the first of the month. For millions of Americans, that means the rent was due.
And for many renters, that rent keeps going up and up.
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Yesterday was the first of the month. For millions of Americans, that means the rent was due.
And for many renters, that rent keeps going up and up.