Sunday, August 4, 2024

Meet the two Republicans competing for Barnstable, Plymouth senator

"R" VOTERS are lazy & conspicuously uninformed.....have you even looked

up their voting histories?

MASS GOP & the ADOLESCENT LOGAN TRUPIANO are equally as uninformed...

PROVE ME WRONG!

THE CAPE COD TIMES offered this article:

Meet the two Republicans competing for Barnstable, Plymouth senator

Three people are running for the state Senate seat that represents Barnstable and Plymouth: Kari MacRae, a Republican from Buzzards Bay; state Rep. Mathew Muratore, a Republican from Plymouth; and state Rep. Dylan Fernandes, a Democrat from Falmouth.
State Sen. Susan Moran, D-Falmouth, the incumbent, is not running for reelection.
MacRae and Muratore, both Republicans, will go head-to-head in the state primary on Sept. 3.
There will be only two contested races affecting Cape Cod voters in the primary: this race and the Democratic race for the Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket state representative seat.
The deadline to register to vote is Aug. 24.

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"R" VOTERS are lazy & conspicuously uninformed.....

MASS GOP & the ADOLESCENT LOGAN TRUPIANO are equally as uninformed...

ASKED:

MURATORE: If elected, what are the top 3 issues you want to address?

I'd also like to get the sales tax down to 5%. There are things that we can do that can help people in Massachusetts and make us more competitive.

MURATORE ignored that the SURTAX in LOCAL!
Is the Commonwealth supposed to FUND the LOCAL SHORTFALL?
PIE IN THE SKY IGNORANCE!

MORE BLABBER:

The immigration crisis, housing issues, and affordability are all connected. These issues are intertwined and one impacts the other.
For instance, we proposed changing the right to shelter laws in the House on three different occasions in the past year. Instead of changing it, they said anyone can be in a shelter for nine months and then can go into housing. They are taking housing away from people that live here. It causes affordability issues for Massachusetts residents. People are leaving Massachusetts because of these issues. It's affecting everybody. I have six daughters — two were able to get houses early on, and I have a couple others in their 20s and they can't afford to move out on their own, and they stay with us.

MURATORE whines & enumerates issues...NO SOLUTIONS!

The HOUSING CRISIS pre-existed the issue surrounding immigrants,
Although recent statistics are unavailable, it was previously reported that HALF of those in SHELTERS were MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS.

REPUBLICANS want to falsely claim that immigrants are the issue and regurgitate MAGA GOP propaganda, that is not the case.

Several years ago, the Brockton School System did a survey and determined

20,000 students were HOMELESS.

MURATORE in spite of his BLABBER, what are the CAUSES?
How about the WALL STREET CAPITOL VENTURES that have gobbled

up RENTAL HOUSING and jacked up prices? Who owns rental property

on the CAPE?

There is no indication that MURATORE has investigated the CAUSES or the

SOLUTIONS other than faithfully regurgitating GOP PROPAGANDA.

MURATORE is just another LAZY REPUBLICANS, whining, with no research,

facts, insights or solutions.

Have you noticed that investors rehab old building and create LUXURY OVERPRICED APARTMENTS? How about the McMansions that suck up

land & energy?

PEW researched the issue:

Housing Policy Initiative

In recognition of National Homeownership Month, let's explore research on housing and financing gaps, which are making it harder to be a homeowner—and what's needed to close them.

It's Too Hard to Get a Small Mortgage

The front of a white house, with a white mailbox on the left and a garden bed on the right.

Securing a mortgage isn't easy. Not only is there a housing shortage, but mortgages for low-cost homes ($150,000 or less) are scarce. In fact, less than a third of low-cost home purchases are made with a mortgage, making homeownership difficult for many families.

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More Flexible Zoning Helps Contain Rising Rents

A black and white photo of a house with a "for rent" sign in front of it and a tree behind it is superimposed on a blue background.

Amid a national housing shortage, rents across the U.S. have risen 31% since 2017. Some cities, though, have eased the rent burden by allowing more homes to be built.

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FACT OF THE MATTER

31%	The percentage by which rents have increased in the U.S. since 2017.

36 Million Americans Have Used Risky Home Financing

An older man sitting at a table surrounded by family members gathered for a meal.

Faced with rising housing costs and limited small-mortgage availability, 1 in 5 home borrowers have used alternative financing, often with higher financial risks and fewer protections. What's more, our survey found disparities by race, ethnicity, and income.

SURVEY BREAKDOWN

Strict Zoning Is Driving Up Rents in Colorado

Aerial view of Denver shows the Colorado state Capitol's golden dome in the foreground and office buildings in the distance.

As Colorado's population grows but its household sizes shrink, many of its towns and cities are struggling to keep up with housing demands. One hurdle to building lower-cost housing: strict land use policies.

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FACT OF THE MATTER

34%	The percentage of Hispanic homebuyers who have used alternative financing at some point, compared with 21% of all homebuyers.

Lack of Manufactured Home Financing Shuts Out Buyers

A chart of the denial rates for site-built mortgages, manufactured home mortgages, and manufactured housing personal property loans.

Better loan access for purchases of manufactured homes (often called mobile homes) could help more Americans achieve homeownership. Yet loan applications for these homes have the highest denial rates.

GET THE DATA

FACT OF THE MATTER

29.5%

The homeownership gap between Black and White Americans—the largest since 1970.

NYC's Housing Shortage Increases Rents and Homelessness

A woman in winter attire walks past a building with a blue tent in front of it that is housing a person. A wheelchair, crutches, and walking aids surround the tent.

Without enough housing, many Americans leave their communities or become unhoused. In New York City, strict zoning has kept rents high and construction low, contributing to a homelessness rate 15 times higher than Houston's.

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