Fixer-Upper: Congress Takes a Swing at the Housing Crisis
6/24/202626 min
The House passes a bipartisan bill meant to make it easier to buy a home. The Pentagon asks Congress for $80 billion. And a stifling heatwave in Europe becomes deadly.
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Brad Mielke· Host0:28
[upbeat music] It's Wednesday, June 24th. It's tough enough to buy a house without outbidding Wall Street. We start here. In a rare bipartisan push, the House passes a housing bill.
Speaker 30:43
This did win support from both Republicans and Democrats, this idea that people who should be buying homes are families, not so much investors.
Brad Mielke· Host0:51
What this means for the nation's home buyers and for affordability politics. The US says Iran's ready for nuclear inspectors, but nobody else seems to have gotten the memo.
Speaker 41:00
We know what they agreed to. I don't know why they have to say the things they say.
Brad Mielke· Host1:03
Meanwhile, the Pentagon's requesting billions for a war that's supposed to be ending. And what would be a hot day in some countries is a deadly heat wave in others.
Speaker 51:12
When your body cannot cool down at nighttime, that's really when it is extremely dangerous.
Brad Mielke· Host1:17
It's only June, and Europe is reeling from a sizzling summer. From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milke.