Latest Fact-checks in Housing Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation. Tim Scott stated on April 11, 2023 in Senate Banking Committee press release: “For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.” Nikki Haley stated on April 21, 2023 in a tweet: “Buyers with good credit scores will pay even more to cover for those with bad credit." The Gateway Pundit stated on September 1, 2022 in in an article: Bank of America “announced a new mortgage home loan program for first-time homebuyers. But only blacks and Hispanics will be eligible.” Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion." Charlie Crist stated on May 4, 2022 in a press conference: “It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.” John Macco stated on April 18, 2022 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers "wanted to increase your taxes by $1 billion just for heating your homes. Instead, Republicans cut your taxes by more than $2 billion." Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2022 in a Facebook post: American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical, free state identification” to immigrants in the country illegally. Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” Gavin Newsom stated on August 9, 2021 in a tweet: “California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.” Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic. Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 in an image: “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.” Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2021 in a tweet: "The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse. Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden said, “I lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.” Patricia McCloskey stated on August 24, 2020 in a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention: Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.” Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.” Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2020 in press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.” Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet: “34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.” Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: President Donald Trump “put a hold on ALL EVICTIONS through December.” Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in on social media: Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits. Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2020 in a USA Today op-ed: “Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.” Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: If you paid rent in March or April, “they got to give” you your money back. Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address: "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.” Elizabeth Warren stated on February 19, 2020 in the Las Vegas debate: “Mayor Bloomberg was busy blaming African Americans and Latinos for the housing crisis in 2008.” Tom Barrett stated on November 20, 2019 in a public forum: Says since he took office, the City of Milwaukee has seen the creation of 7,000 new affordable housing units. Darrell Steinberg stated on October 24, 2019 in an interview with Capital Public Radio: "90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless." Tammy Duckworth stated on September 16, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent. Gavin Newsom stated on June 23, 2019 in an interview on "Axios on HBO": "The vast majority" of San Francisco’s homeless people "also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just (an) interesting fact."
Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation. Tim Scott stated on April 11, 2023 in Senate Banking Committee press release: “For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.” Nikki Haley stated on April 21, 2023 in a tweet: “Buyers with good credit scores will pay even more to cover for those with bad credit." The Gateway Pundit stated on September 1, 2022 in in an article: Bank of America “announced a new mortgage home loan program for first-time homebuyers. But only blacks and Hispanics will be eligible.” Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion." Charlie Crist stated on May 4, 2022 in a press conference: “It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.” John Macco stated on April 18, 2022 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers "wanted to increase your taxes by $1 billion just for heating your homes. Instead, Republicans cut your taxes by more than $2 billion." Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2022 in a Facebook post: American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical, free state identification” to immigrants in the country illegally. Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” Gavin Newsom stated on August 9, 2021 in a tweet: “California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.” Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic. Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 in an image: “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.” Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2021 in a tweet: "The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse. Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden said, “I lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.” Patricia McCloskey stated on August 24, 2020 in a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention: Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.” Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.” Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2020 in press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.” Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet: “34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.” Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: President Donald Trump “put a hold on ALL EVICTIONS through December.” Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in on social media: Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits. Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2020 in a USA Today op-ed: “Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.” Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: If you paid rent in March or April, “they got to give” you your money back. Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address: "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.” Elizabeth Warren stated on February 19, 2020 in the Las Vegas debate: “Mayor Bloomberg was busy blaming African Americans and Latinos for the housing crisis in 2008.” Tom Barrett stated on November 20, 2019 in a public forum: Says since he took office, the City of Milwaukee has seen the creation of 7,000 new affordable housing units. Darrell Steinberg stated on October 24, 2019 in an interview with Capital Public Radio: "90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless." Tammy Duckworth stated on September 16, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent. Gavin Newsom stated on June 23, 2019 in an interview on "Axios on HBO": "The vast majority" of San Francisco’s homeless people "also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just (an) interesting fact."
Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2023 in a speech: Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation.
Tim Scott stated on April 11, 2023 in Senate Banking Committee press release: “For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
Nikki Haley stated on April 21, 2023 in a tweet: “Buyers with good credit scores will pay even more to cover for those with bad credit."
The Gateway Pundit stated on September 1, 2022 in in an article: Bank of America “announced a new mortgage home loan program for first-time homebuyers. But only blacks and Hispanics will be eligible.”
Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion."
Charlie Crist stated on May 4, 2022 in a press conference: “It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.”
John Macco stated on April 18, 2022 in Twitter: Says Gov. Tony Evers "wanted to increase your taxes by $1 billion just for heating your homes. Instead, Republicans cut your taxes by more than $2 billion."
Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2022 in a Facebook post: American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical, free state identification” to immigrants in the country illegally.
Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”
Gavin Newsom stated on August 9, 2021 in a tweet: “California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.”
Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.
Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 in an image: “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2021 in a tweet: "The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.”
Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse.
Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden said, “I lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy.”
Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
Patricia McCloskey stated on August 24, 2020 in a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention: Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”
Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”
Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2020 in press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.”
Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet: “34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”
Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: President Donald Trump “put a hold on ALL EVICTIONS through December.”
Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in on social media: Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.
Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2020 in a USA Today op-ed: “Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.”
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: If you paid rent in March or April, “they got to give” you your money back.
Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address: "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”
Elizabeth Warren stated on February 19, 2020 in the Las Vegas debate: “Mayor Bloomberg was busy blaming African Americans and Latinos for the housing crisis in 2008.”
Tom Barrett stated on November 20, 2019 in a public forum: Says since he took office, the City of Milwaukee has seen the creation of 7,000 new affordable housing units.
Darrell Steinberg stated on October 24, 2019 in an interview with Capital Public Radio: "90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless."
Tammy Duckworth stated on September 16, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent.
Gavin Newsom stated on June 23, 2019 in an interview on "Axios on HBO": "The vast majority" of San Francisco’s homeless people "also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just (an) interesting fact."
