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00:00:00ON CAPITOL HILL TO TESTIFY BEFORE
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00:00:27MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE MIKE ROGERS
00:00:31HIGHLIGHTED HIS PROPOSALS FOR LOWERING HOUSING COSTS DURING A
00:00:35PRESS CONFERENCE IN DETROIT.
00:00:36THIS RUNS ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
00:00:40[APPLAUSE] >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU
00:00:42TO THE PRESS FOR BEING HERE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
00:00:45WHAT'S THE LATEST SCORE, NATE?
00:00:497-7. WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT
00:00:53HOPEFULLY A LITTLE LATER. HOPEFULLY TURN THAT AROUND.
00:00:56IT'S GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS AND PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY STILL AND THANK YOU
00:01:00ALL FOR SHOWING UP TODAY TO BE A
00:01:02PART OF THIS AND REALLY WHY WE
00:01:04DO IT IS LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL FACES RIGHT THERE.
00:01:08THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE DO THIS. THINK ABOUT THIS.
00:01:11THIS NEIGHBORHOOD USED TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HOUSES.
00:01:14USED TO HAVE KIDS PLAYING IN THE STREET.
00:01:16USED TO HAVE A SIDEWALK WHERE YOU COULD GO AND VISIT YOUR
00:01:19MAYBE FROMS, SIT ON YOUR PORCH
00:01:22AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF DETROIT.
00:01:25SO MANY PEOPLE WALKED AWAY FROM THIS GREAT CITY.
00:01:28THIS IS THE EXACT OPPORTUNITY
00:01:30THAT WE BELIEVE CAN START
00:01:32FILLING IN THOSE 122,000 VACANT
00:01:37LOTS. FOR FAR TOO LONG IN DETROIT THEY
00:01:40GAUGED THEIR SUCCESS BY HOW MANY
00:01:43HOMES THEY TORE DOWN, LIKE EVERY
00:01:45HOME IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:01:48NOW, IT STARTS TO CHANGE BECAUSE
00:01:50WE'RE GOING TO START JUDGING HOW
00:01:53MANY HOMES WE BUILD IN DETROIT. YEAH.
00:01:56WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT
00:01:59THE NOTION THAT A HOUSE IS JUST
00:02:02A HOUSE. BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN IT AND
00:02:05WHEN THESE KIDS ARE PLAYING IN THE STREET, THAT'S A HOME.
00:02:08AND IT HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN A HOME.
00:02:12FROM MEASURING THE HEIGHT SO
00:02:14WHEN WE COME BACK, BY THE WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN ONE OF
00:02:19THESE HOUSES AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MARKS WAY UP HERE, I CAN TELL.
00:02:23THEY'RE GOING TO GROW FAST.
00:02:25SO WE SAID HOW DO WE DO THIS?
00:02:27HOW DO WE GET A COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO START WINDOWING
00:02:31HOMES IN A NEIGHBORHOODS JUST LIKE THIS?
00:02:33WE PROPOSED A HOUSING PLAN
00:02:35THAT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED ALL OVER THE STATE BUT
00:02:39SPECIFICALLY HERE IN DETROIT BECAUSE WE THINK WE CAN HAVE
00:02:42SUCH A HUGE IMPACT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
00:02:44FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES TO FAMILIES GETTING INTO
00:02:48A HOME IS THEIR DOWN PAYMENT SO
00:02:52THE FIRST KEY TO OUR FOUR-KEY
00:02:56PROGRAM IS THAT DOWN PAYMENT.
00:02:57YOU HAVE TO HIT THAT 20% IN
00:03:00ORDER TO KEEP YOUR RATES LOW SO
00:03:02WE'RE GOING TO GO A 529 PLAN,
00:03:06TAX-FREE. YEAH, YOU BET. YOU BET.
00:03:08SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SAVE
00:03:13TAX-FREE, THEIR EMPLOYERS CAN KICK IN A IT WILL. IF YOU HAVE A RELATIVE THAT
00:03:16WANTS TO KICK IN A LITTLE MONEY,
00:03:19WON'T COUNT AGAINST YOU. THE FASTER YOU CAN GET INTO THAT
00:03:2320%, THE FASTER PEOPLE ARE GOING
00:03:25TO GET INTO THESE HOMES. NUMBER TWO, YOU PAY THAT RENT
00:03:29ALL THE TIME FOR 10 YEARS OR
00:03:32EIGHT YEARS OR SEVEN YEARS, GUESS WHAT, IT DOES NOT COUNT
00:03:36TOWARDS YOUR CREDIT SCORE. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT.
00:03:39YOU WALK INTO THE BANK, THAT
00:03:43OUGHT TO COUNT TOWARD YOUR CREDIT SCORE SO YOU CAN LOWER
00:03:46YOUR INTEREST RATE. NOW YOU HAVE A CHANCE FOR THAT
00:03:49DOWN PAYMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:03:51HAVE A BETTER INTEREST RATE SO
00:03:54YOUR MONTHLY MORTGAGE GUSTY DOWN.
00:03:58WE'RE MAKING REAL PROGRESS. LASTLY, THIS IS BY THE HOME
00:04:01BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN.
00:04:03JUST TO STICK A SHOVEL IN THE
00:04:05GROUNDS COSTS $94,000 IN
00:04:09REGULATORY COSTS.
00:04:11FOR EVERY 1,000 DOLLARS YOU RAISE COST OF A HOME, GUESS
00:04:15WHAT, 3,200 MICHIGAN FAMILIES
00:04:18CAN'T AFFORD THAT HOME. START DOING THE MATH AND ABOUT
00:04:2225,000 OF THOSE FAMILIARS CAME IN JUST THE EIGHT YEARS.
00:04:24YOU ASK A BUILDER DOES THAT MAKE
00:04:28YOUR HOUSE SAFER IN SOME WAY?
00:04:30THEY'LL TELL YOU NO, BUT IT DOES
00:04:33MAKE IT A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. WE HAVE GOT TO START PUTTING
00:04:37PRESSURE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
00:04:39ASK AND OTHERS WHO ARE ADDING
00:04:41ARTIFICIAL COSTS INTO THESE HOMES.
00:04:44IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS, NO ONE WILL GET A HOME AND THAT'S
00:04:48EXACTLY WHY THE AVERAGE NEW HOME
00:04:51BUYER IS 40 YEARS OLD. 40.
00:04:52THINK OF ALL OF THAT CANTY LOST. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IT WAS
00:04:56ABOUT 28 SO THAT'S 12 YEARS OF
00:04:59EQUITY YOU START TO LOSE BY BUILDING THAT CANTY IN A HOME
00:05:02AND IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T GET WITH IT, IT'S
00:05:06FAMILIES THAT DON'T MAKE TIES. THESE STREETS AND THE POLICE
00:05:09WILL TELL YOU THIS. IF THERE ARE HOMES ON THIS
00:05:13STREET, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GETS
00:05:15SAFER, EDUCATION RATES GO UP.
00:05:17IT HAS ALL KINDS OF BENEFITS NOT ONLY FOR THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE
00:05:21HERE BUT FOR THE CITY AND LASTLE
00:05:26MOST IMPORTANT. WE'RE GOING TO PUT ALL THESE
00:05:29LOTS JUST LIKE THIS INTO A LAND
00:05:31BANK. THE F, , N N BID ON THEM.Y
00:05:41>> THESE LOTS JUST LIKE THIS INTO A LAND BANK. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN BUILDERS GO IN AND THEY SAY, WE WANT THE FIRST FIVE LOTS, THEY CAN BID ON THEM 100% OF WHAT
00:05:45THEY WHAT THEY SELL FOR THAT HOME TO UP TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY. IT'S FEDERAL TAX FREE. YEAH. YOU BET.
00:05:48AND WHY YOU DO THAT IS YOU WANT THEM INCENTIVIZED TO BUILD HERE
00:05:53BECAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE CITY IT'S NOT FAIR.
00:05:56BUT THE VALUATION OF HOMES, THEY FLUCTUATE A LOT.
00:06:00AND SO WHAT BUILDERS WOULD NEED IS SOME INCENTIVE TO TAKE A RISK.
00:06:04WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS IN THAT RISK BY SAYING YOU BUILD THOSE
00:06:06HOUSES ON THAT STREET, 100% IS
00:06:09FEDERALLY TAX FREE FOR YOU TO BUILD THAT HOME. SO THINK OF ALL OF THAT
00:06:13COMBINATION. MORE HOMES BUILT BETTER INTEREST
00:06:17RATES BECAUSE YOUR SCORES GO UP BECAUSE THE ON TIME RENT
00:06:21PAYMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE REGULATORS WHERE IT COSTS
00:06:24FOR THESE AND HERE'S THE INTERESTING THING I'VE TALKED TO ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE OF THE
00:06:29CITY COUNCIL AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, HEY, IS THERE A WAY THAT
00:06:32WE CAN START MAKING SURE THAT
00:06:34WHEN BUILDERS ARE IN HERE, IT IS
00:06:38MUCH CHEAPER AND EASIER FOR FOR
00:06:42PEOPLE TO GET IN HERE, MEANING WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE
00:06:44ARTIFICIAL COSTS OF BUILDING HERE SO YOU CAN KEEP THESE
00:06:48HOMES, HOME PRICES LESS AND MORE AFFORDABLE.
00:06:52SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD PARTNERS TO THE LOCALS HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS THING WORKS.
00:06:56WE JUST HAD A FRIEND OVER THERE WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT, MAN, WE
00:06:59GOT TO GET AFTER THE COST OF
00:07:00PROPERTY TAX ON THESE HOMES. YOU BET.
00:07:04AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE LOCALS AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE STATE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
00:07:08THE BETTER WE WORK TOGETHER, THE
00:07:10MORE THIS IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
00:07:12AND SO WE'LL DO THE FEDERAL SIDE AND BE REALLY AGGRESSIVE.
00:07:16AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PARTNERS HERE THAT WANT TO JOIN US IN THAT.
00:07:19SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GREAT FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO COME UP
00:07:23TO TALK ABOUT THEIR STORIES, AND I HOPE TO TAKE A MINUTE AND LISTEN TO THEM.
00:07:27THIS IS WHY WE DO THIS. AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
00:07:30MR. LEDBETTER, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP AND DOING THAT. >> THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.
00:07:34I APPRECIATE IT.
00:07:36>> THANK YOU, MIKE.
00:07:41IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO HAVE
00:07:43PEOPLE LIKE MIKE ROGERS ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE CITY OF DETROIT
00:07:46AND CARE ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF ITS RESIDENTS HERE.
00:07:50SO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN HERE AND INVESTING IN DETROIT.
00:07:53WE HAVE A FEW SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TODAY.
00:07:56THE KIND OF LIVE THIS EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY OF DETROIT RIGHT NOW.
00:08:00MARK MARTIN, WILL YOU STEP FORWARD?
00:08:05KILL. ALL RIGHT.
00:08:09SO RACHEL IS A SHE'S A TYPICAL
00:08:12DETROIT RESIDENT, A MOTHER OF FIVE WHOSE DEEPLY INVESTED IN
00:08:16THE FUTURE OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE'S NEVER REALLY VOTED BEFORE,
00:08:20LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE, BUT SHE PLANS TO FOR A CAN'T CAST HER
00:08:24FIRST BALLOT IN 2026 BECAUSE SHE
00:08:26UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S AT STAKE.
00:08:29YES, SHE'S MOTIVATED BY A DESIRE
00:08:31TO SEEK GREATER INVESTMENT IN HER COMMUNITY, STRONGER
00:08:35COMMUNITIES, AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILY. SO, HILL, SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
00:08:38TELL US.
00:08:44TO GO BACK. >> HELLO, I'M WORKING.
00:08:49KILMARTIN. I'M A MOTHER OF FIVE.
00:08:51I NEVER VOTED BEFORE, BUT THIS
00:08:54YEAR I'M VOTING FOR MIKE ROGERS.
00:08:57I LOVE MY COMMUNITY THAT I GOT
00:09:00PEOPLE HERE WHO WORK HARD AND
00:09:02RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND WANT SOMETHING BETTER FOR THEM.
00:09:06BUT FAR TOO LONG, IT SEEMS LIKE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN.
00:09:11MM. AND OUR KIDS DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT.
00:09:13WE SEE EMPTY LOTS. WE SEE HOMES THAT SHOULD BE
00:09:17FIXED, BUT WE SEE BUSINESSES GOING ELSEWHERE.
00:09:20THAT'S WHY MIKE ROGERS HOUSE AND
00:09:22PLANT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.
00:09:27HE WANTS TO TAKE THESE EMPTY LOTS AND BRING THEM NEW HOMES,
00:09:30NEW INVESTMENT, NEW BUSINESSES
00:09:33AND GOOD PAYING JOBS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE.
00:09:36>> YEAH, TO ME THAT MEANS
00:09:39SOMETHING BECAUSE I HAVE FIVE
00:09:41KIDS AND I DON'T WANT THEM GROWING UP THINKING THEY HAVE TO
00:09:44LEAVE DETROIT FOR OPPORTUNITY. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
00:09:49RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY.
00:09:56OKAY. >> AND I VOTED BECAUSE I NEVER
00:09:59REALLY FELT ANYBODY FIGHTING FOR NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MY.
00:10:03MIKE ROGERS TOLD ME THAT HE WILL.
00:10:06SO THIS YEAR, I'M VOTING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I'M VOTING FOR
00:10:09MIKE ROGERS.
00:10:14AND.
00:10:17THAT WAS AWESOME.
00:10:23>> CALLING THERE.
00:10:28AND.
00:10:29THEY'RE NOT YOU SEE, BY THE
00:10:34EMOTION WHAT'S AT STAKE? >> WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S AT STAKE IN
00:10:37THIS ELECTION AND HAVING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS COME HERE AND
00:10:41CARE ABOUT THE SAVE DETROIT AND LOVE ON THEIR COMMUNITY IS
00:10:45REALLY ESSENTIAL. WITH THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A SECOND SPEAKER HERE TODAY.
00:10:49BELLA WALKER, WHERE YOU COME FORWARD BELOW BUILD APPEARS TO
00:10:51BE AN EXPERT HERE LIKE A BUT SHE IS ALSO A DETROIT RESIDENT AND A
00:10:55SKILLED TRADES WORKER WHO HAS PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE
00:10:59HOMELESSNESS AFTER STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF HER OWN HOUSING.
00:11:03SO HER FOCUS IS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GOOD PAYING JOBS AND
00:11:07BRINGING NEW INVESTMENT TO THE CITY OF DETROIT. WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:11:11THANK YOU. >> HI, EVERYBODY.
00:11:13CAN I BE HEARD? >> MY NAME IS BUELLER.
00:11:17WALKER? NO, I'M FINE, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BUELL LOCKE.
00:11:20I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CITY DETROIT. I'VE NEVER LEFT.
00:11:24I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE. I DON'T EVER INTEND ON LEAVING,
00:11:27BUT I ALMOST LEFT IN 2006. WHEN I EXPERIENCED MY OWN
00:11:33HOUSING SITUATION, MY AUNT IN
00:11:35WELL OVER SIX FIGURES AND 2016,
00:11:38I WAS LIVING IN A GATED COMMUNITY IN THE CITY, DETROIT.
00:11:42AND DEVELOPER CAME IN AND SAID, WE WANT TO TAKE ALL THE RENT,
00:11:46ALL THE RENTALS. IT WAS 95 PEOPLE IN MY BUILDING
00:11:49THAT WERE RENTERS. THE REST OF THEM WERE HOMEOWNERS.
00:11:53SO THAT ASSOCIATION GOT TOGETHER, SAID, WE WON'T KICK
00:11:55ALL THE RENT US OUT BECAUSE THEY SAID WE WERE TEN OF THEIR PROPERTY.
00:11:59I'M EARNING SIX FIGURES. I'M A CONSTRUCTION WORKER OUT HERE. I'M NOTHING.
00:12:03SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A WAY OF JUST SAYING, WE WANT ALL YOUR OUT OF HERE.
00:12:07SO THEY CAME TO ME SOMEHOW ONE
00:12:10OF THE DEVELOPERS OR WHATEVER THESE PEOPLE ARE.
00:12:13KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AND SAID, HEY, I HEARD THAT YOU ARE A
00:12:16CONSTRUCTION WORKER. WE'RE WILLING TO LET YOU BUY
00:12:19YOUR CONDO. SO THEY TALKED THEM FROM
00:12:22APARTMENTS TO CONDO ASSOCIATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
00:12:25WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT GOES.
00:12:27SO HE SAYS, WELL, I'LL SELL IT
00:12:30TO YOU FOR $160,000.
00:12:33I SAID, WHAT'S IT SAY ON NATION?
00:12:35YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. SO I SAID, OKAY.
00:12:39I SAID, OKAY, YOU ARE $160,000 FOR 740 SQUARE FEET. ALL RIGHT.
00:12:42LET'S SEE. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WENT TO THE
00:12:46BANKS, WHATEVER HAVE YOU. MIND YOU, MY RENT IS ALMOST $2,000.
00:12:50SO THE BANK DENIED ME. YOU KNOW. AND BUT LIVING IN THIS GATED
00:12:54COMMUNITY WITH ALL THESE SNOOTY PEOPLE FOR OVER TEN YEARS, WHAT
00:12:57THEY'RE SNOOTY. MOST PEOPLE, GATED COMMUNITIES
00:13:01ARE SNOOTY PEOPLE. I'M NOT BECAUSE I. BUT ANYWAY, SO THE BANK DENIED
00:13:05ME AND I SAID, WELL I MAKE GOOD
00:13:09MONEY. I'M PAYING THESE PEOPLE RENT WHEN I PAY RENT, I JUST I'LL JUST ONE MORE THING.
00:13:12RENTERS, WHEN YOU PAY RENT, YOU PAY PROPERTY TAXES AND THE RENT.
00:13:16I JUST WANT EVERYBODY KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT'S THIS MYTH THAT
00:13:20RENTERS DON'T PAY TAXES. WELL, SO. SO LET'S GO BACK.
00:13:23SO THEY SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T LOAN YOU ANY MONEY.
00:13:27SO IT WAS NOVEMBER 2016.
00:13:31PRETTY MUCH OUR SEASON SLOWS DOWN, SO WE GET LAID OFF.
00:13:33SOURCE OKAY, I GOT TO MOVE. I GOT TO ASK WHERE TO GO.
00:13:37COULDN'T FIND NOWHERE TO GO BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PAY STUB. RIGHT?
00:13:41GET LAID OFF. YOU COLLECT UNEMPLOYMENT. SO GUESS WHAT I DID PUT ALL MY
00:13:44STUFF IN SEARCH.
00:13:46WHEN I LIVED IN MY CAR, I LIVED IN MY CAR FOR TWO YEARS.
00:13:51NOW, ONE THING ABOUT A CONSTRUCTION WORKER, YOU KNOW HOW TO SURVIVE, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING HOW TO SURVIVE.
00:13:54WE KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE KNOW TO GO TO SHOWER, TO TRUCK STOPS. WE KNOW WHAT TO DO.
00:13:59SO AT THIS TIME, I WENT TO A BANKRUPTCY, WENT THROUGH THE BANKRUPTCY, GOT MY CREDIT AND
00:14:03STUFF. ALL THAT STUFF BACK, WENT BACK
00:14:05TO THE BANKS WORKING, MAKING WELL OVER SIX FIGURES.
00:14:08I STAY. OH, GOD DENIED. I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE NOW,
00:14:12WAIT A MINUTE NOW. HOW DO YOU FILE A BANKRUPTCY?
00:14:16GET YOU DOWN, PAY ME. GET YOUR CREDIT TOGETHER, GIVE THEM A DOWN PAYMENT, AND YOU
00:14:20STILL DENIED ME. I SAID, I'LL COME ON NOW.
00:14:23SO I STARTED STUDYING THE AM I
00:14:26THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME HOUSEHOLD? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DON'T.
00:14:30I DON'T REALLY DON'T KNOW THAT SIGNAL WORD OF IT. AND SO TO COME TO FIND OUT THE
00:14:32WAY THAT THEY ARE DOING THE AM I
00:14:36IN DETROIT, THEY PUT DETROIT US
00:14:38IN WITH CITIES LIKE LIVERPOOL
00:14:41AND OAKLAND COUNTY TO WHERE THEY'RE MAKING WAY PAST WHAT I MAKE.
00:14:45YOU KNOW, I'M JUST A LITTLE GUY COMPARED TO WHAT THEY MAKE.
00:14:48SO THEY PUT US IN WITH PEOPLE
00:14:51WHO ARE EARNING 250 $300,000, LIKE HOW CAN I GET A HOUSE
00:14:55BECAUSE I'M NOT THERE YET. I'M ON MY WAY, BUT I'M NOT THERE
00:14:59YET. AND SO I'M STILL A RENTER.
00:15:03I STILL OWN A HOME.
00:15:05I'M STILL PAYING PAST $2,000 A
00:15:07MONTH RENT AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE FEW
00:15:12PEOPLE THAT EARN THAT KIND OF MONEY. RIGHT?
00:15:14IT AIN'T ROC-A-FELLA MONEY, BUT IT'S GOOD MONEY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:15:18SO I JUST GOT A LOT OF IT. A CHANGE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN A
00:15:22IN A IN A DECENT, NICE APARTMENT.
00:15:25BUT STILL, I LIKE TO OWN MY OWN HOME ONE DAY.
00:15:28I WOULD LIKE TO ALL MY OWN CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. ONE DAY.
00:15:32SO I THINK I'M GONNA NEED ME TO
00:15:34STOP BECAUSE I COULD GO ON SO.
00:15:37AND ANYWAY, I AM A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT. THAT'S NO SECRET.
00:15:42I JUST. IT'S NO SECRET. I'M A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT.
00:15:44BUT THIS YEAR I WILL BE VOTING
00:15:47FOR MR. MIKE ROGERS.
00:15:49>> AND AND THE THING OF IT IS,
00:15:51IS THAT ALL MY DEMOCRAT AND
00:15:53LIBERAL FRIENDS ARE JUST SO --
00:15:56AT ME. >> AND I'M LIKE, IT'S MY VOTE,
00:16:00RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S MY ONE.
00:16:02CIVIC DUTY IS TO VOTE, NOT TO
00:16:05VOTE FOR MICKEY MOUSE IF I WANT TO. YOU KNOW.
00:16:07BUT THE THING IS, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONTROL THE VOTE.
00:16:11AND AFTER ALL THE DEVASTATION AND THE GENTRIFICATION AND ALL
00:16:15THE HOGWASH, I'M TRYING TO BE NICE BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE HERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:16:19>> IT'S LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 52 YEARS AND WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS.
00:16:22>> SUPPOSED TO BE LEARNING FROM IS GOING BACKWARDS AND THESE
00:16:25PEOPLE CALL THEM PEOPLE. THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING
00:16:29OUR TOWN, OUR LAWMAKERS, I DON'T
00:16:31KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEY BRAIN, BUT OBVIOUSLY
00:16:35THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS. THEY OBVIOUSLY NOT THINK ABOUT
00:16:39HUMAN BEINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT I NEED A PLACE TO STAY. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE,
00:16:43WHAT YOU HAVE. YOU MAKE 5000 HOUR HARD HOURS NOW. PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO STAY.
00:16:46I JUST LOOK AND SEE HOW PEOPLE STUFF GETS THROWN OUT IN THE STREETS. THE LANDLORDS.
00:16:51I WON'T MONEY EATING OUT A FURNACE IN THE HOUSE.
00:16:54YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING THE LANDLORDS WANT 5000 MILES. ONE. YOU AIN'T GOT A ROOF.
00:16:58AND JUST IT'S JUST IT'S JUST HORRIBLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS A CRITICAL
00:17:01THINKER, I REALLY SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT, PUT YOUR PAPER TOGETHER
00:17:04AND YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, BILL, YOU NEED TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY
00:17:08GOING TO CHANGE IT FOR YOURSELF, YOU KNOW?
00:17:12SO I SAID, I'VE GOT TO VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS.
00:17:15SO I'M A STOP TALKING. >> I MUST STOP TALKING UNLESS
00:17:19SOMEBODY ELSE TALK, BECAUSE I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON AND I
00:17:23DON'T KNOW, IT'S THESE.
00:17:31I HAD TO STOP MYSELF FROM. >> ALL RIGHT, MIKE, YOU WANNA COME FORWARD, SO.
00:17:36OKAY. UH, MAYBE I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
00:17:39FOR MIKE.
00:17:49>> I THINK.
00:17:55WHAT IS THE. >> THAT'S OKAY. I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
00:17:59TALKING ABOUT.
00:18:04YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS. THIS IS THAT ON JET FUEL?
00:18:07SO YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER OPTIONS.
00:18:10A, IF YOU SHOW UP AT THE BANK NOW AND SAY SOMEBODY GIVES YOU
00:18:1420 $500 FROM YOUR FAMILY SAYS, HEY, GO, I WANT TO HELP YOU GET A HOME ACCOUNT AGAINST YOU ON
00:18:18YOUR INCOME WHEN YOU GO TO THE BANK. WE'RE TAKING ELIMINATING THAT.
00:18:21THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE 529 PLAN. AN EMPLOYER WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE
00:18:26UP TAX FREE AS WELL. UH, SO IF THEY WANT AN EMPLOYER,
00:18:29THEY WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO KEEP YOU FOR AN EXTRA SIX MONTHS.
00:18:32I'M GOING TO THROW IN AN EXTRA 500 BUCKS OR A THOUSAND BUCKS OR
00:18:362000 BUCKS FOR YOU TO DO THAT IN YOUR 529.
00:18:38SO THAT EXPANDS IT QUICKER IS
00:18:40THE OTHER OPTION. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ALLOW THE
00:18:43FIRST YEAR PROPERTY TAX TO BE USED OUT OF THIS 529 HOUSING
00:18:47PLAN. SO EVERY TIME YOU BOUGHT, YOU GET INTO A HOME.
00:18:51EVERYBODY WHO'S EVER GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU THINK YOU'RE IN AND IT'S A NICE NEW HOME OR WHATEVER.
00:18:55SOMETHING BREAKS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
00:18:59IS GIVE PEOPLE THE OPTION TO USE THAT FOR YOUR PROPERTY TAX TO
00:19:02FREE UP A LITTLE CASH IF YOUR REFRIGERATOR GOES OUT OR YOUR
00:19:05SOMETHING IS GOING TO BREAK IN THE HOUSE, IT JUST OUT OF IT IS JUST A FACT OF LIFE.
00:19:09AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S VERY DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS.
00:19:12AND IT'S ON STEROIDS, SO IT'LL
00:19:14HAPPEN MUCH QUICKER, MUCH FASTER
00:19:17OVER HERE. UH.
00:19:21>> HI, I'M AKHIL FROM.
00:19:28KNOW. WHAT IS YOUR PLACE?
00:19:32YEAH, WELL, WHAT WE WANT IS RENTERS TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO.
00:19:35>> IF YOU HEARD OUR RENTER, SHE WOULD LOVE TO BE IN A HOME, AND
00:19:39WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:19:41WE CAN EMPOWER HER TO MAKE THESE GOOD DECISIONS TO GET INTO A
00:19:45HOME. AND SHE OBVIOUSLY MAKES ENOUGH INCOME TO BE IN A HOME.
00:19:48>> BUT THE MARKET.
00:19:51IS WORKING AGAINST HER AND HER BANK IS WORKING AGAINST HER. >> AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TRY TO CHANGE ALL THAT ALL OF
00:19:55THE TIME THAT SHE IS DOING, MAKING ON TIME PAYMENTS AS SHE
00:19:59IS SHOULD COUNT FOR HER. YEAH, RIGHT. AND THE BANK DOESN'T TAKE THAT
00:20:02INTO CONSIDERATION. RIGHT. WHICH IS HUGE.
00:20:06AND HER INCOME OUGHT TO BE APPLIED ON THE CITY OF DETROIT.
00:20:10SO THIS NOTION THAT SHE HAS TO
00:20:12COMPETE FOR FOR LOAN RATES WITH
00:20:16LIVONIA, I'M SORRY, THAT'S WRONG. WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT.
00:20:19AND SO WE PREFER THAT THEY CAN GET IN TO A HOUSE.
00:20:22SO THIS IS GEARED TOWARD PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO INTO A HOME.
00:20:26BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT
00:20:28RENTER, RENTER PROTECTIONS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
00:20:31IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE FAMILIES.
00:20:34I MEAN, THINK OF THIS VERY
00:20:36COURAGEOUS YOUNG WOMAN.
00:20:40WHO WENT PLOW THROUGH THIS, WAS
00:20:44LIVING IN HER CAR FOR TWO YEARS TRYING TO MAKE THIS ALL WORK.
00:20:47THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BILL
00:20:51AND OTHER THINGS TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
00:20:54YES, YOUR LOVED ONE WILL GET IT.
00:20:56>> YOU ALL RIGHT?
00:20:59>> I SAID.
00:21:03YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT,
00:21:07TO TALK ABOUT LITERACY. >> WHAT CONNECTIONS ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE IN A CITY THAT
00:21:11HAS OFTEN BEEN WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC RIGHT.
00:21:13>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT I FIND IS IMPORTANT IF YOU TALK TO
00:21:17PEOPLE, LIKE PEOPLE AND IDENTIFY
00:21:21WITH THEIR PROBLEMS AND HOW YOU CAN HELP THEIR PROBLEMS, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A
00:21:24REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT. IF DEMOCRATS WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PLAN, WE'RE
00:21:29FOR IT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT PUTS PEOPLE IN HOMES AND
00:21:33RECREATE A COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE. OUR GOAL IS BY THE TIME OUR FIRST TERM IS OVER, YOU'RE GOING
00:21:37TO SEE HOUSES BUILT ON THIS STREET CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD
00:21:41SO THAT KIDS JUST LIKE THIS HAVE
00:21:44A PLACE TO CALL THEIR OWN.
00:21:46AND WE THINK THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS.
00:21:49WHAT WE'RE DOING IS FINDING THAT A LOT OF POLITICIANS DON'T SPEND
00:21:53A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO ACTUALLY TALK TO PEOPLE. THEY JUST SAY YOU'RE THIS OR YOU'RE THAT.
00:21:56YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR THIS OR THAT
00:21:58BECAUSE YOU ARE THIS OR THAT. GUESS WHAT?
00:22:01WE'RE BREAKING THAT MOLD AND WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT. WE'RE GOING AFTER EVERY ONE OF
00:22:05THESE VOTES. YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANKS, EVERYBODY.
00:22:09THANK YOU.
00:22:10>> I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
00:22:17NOBODY. UP ON TUESDAY.
00:22:20>> FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL IS ON CAPITOL HILL TO TESTIFY BEFORE
00:22:22THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:22:26OPERATIONS AND PRIORITIES. YOU CAN WATCH THAT OVERSIGHT
00:22:28HEARING LIVE BEGINNING AT 9 A.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN. THREE C-SPAN.
00:22:32NOW OUR FREE MOBILE APP OR
00:22:34ONLINE AT C-SPAN DOT ORG.
00:22:38IN A DIVIDED MEDIA WORLD, ONE
00:22:41PLACE BRINGS AMERICANS TOGETHER. ACCORDING TO A NEW MARKET
00:22:44RESEARCH REPORT. NEARLY 90 MILLION AMERICANS TURN
00:22:47TO C-SPAN, AND THEY'RE ALMOST PERFECTLY BALANCED.
00:22:5128% CONSERVATIVE, 27% LIBERAL OR
00:22:55PROGRESSIVE, 41% MODERATE REPUBLIC ACCOUNTS WATCHING DEMOCRATS.
00:22:59DEMOCRATS WATCHING REPUBLICANS. MODERATES WATCHING ALL SIDES.
00:23:03BECAUSE C-SPAN VIEWERS WANT THE FACTS STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE.
00:23:07NO COMMENTARY, NO AGENDA. JUST DEMOCRACY. UNFILTERED.
00:23:11EVERY DAY ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS.
00:23:16NEXT, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES, NEWS CONFERENCE, THE NEW YORK
00:23:19DEMOCRAT DISCUSS CONGRESS'S RETURN FROM AUGUST RECESS. >> IN HIS REMARKS, A LEADER
00:23:23CALLS ON HIS REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TO ACT TO REGULATE
00:23:26ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AFTER RECENT WARNINGS FROM CURRENT AND
00:23:29FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORKING ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
00:23:33THIS IS 20 MINUTES.
00:23:41IN WHICH I KNEW.
00:23:50>> I KNEW WHAT.