Affording The Texas Miracle Featuring Rick Perry

Reporters Olivia Lueckemeyer and Maddy McCarty talk over the Texas miracle, and what might be threatening it. We also hear from the former Texas Governor and former Secretary of Energy in the Trump Administration Rick Perry on why he doesn't think government should intervene in the housing crisis. "Government should do a few things, do those few things really well and then get the hell out of the way – and let the private sector do what the private sector does best … if you become so popular that the market is able to raise the cost of where people can’t afford it, at some time in the future there will be a self correction.”

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Everything's Bigger In Texas: Angry Neighbors, Aging Policies And Lack Of Will Are Digging A 10-Gallon Housing Hole

The Nation’s Second-Worst Housing Shortage Is Crashing Into ‘The Texas Miracle’