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There is in fact no actual housing shortage in the USA whatsoever. The problem is that that wealthy individuals have strong incentives to park excess capital in real estate and landlords have strong incentives to maintain asset values through cash flow potential (appraised through $/sq.ft rent revenues). What ends up happening in both cases is that you end up with lots of empty houses sitting collecting dust artificially gaining value due to scarcity, and with rentals, you end up with perpetually inflated rents and vacancy rates that are as high as a landlord can tolerate just to maintain the appearance of value to the lenders. Often these owners will borrow more money and use an apartment that might be 40% vacant as the collateral for the lender and go buy another building and so on. What people don't penalize is the fact that that 40% vacant building with 60% rented out at above fair value gets treated on the balance sheet to the bank as if its 90% rented out from an asset value perspective thereby setting the asset price artificially high. Simple legislation of the tax code can fix this issue and unlock lots of sidelined housing. All we have to do is progressively tax 2nd 3rd 4th ect. homes higher and higher rates that essentially cancel out the asset gains, and do something similar for vacant units in a apartment building. \nIts just at the core a case of the rich hoarding something that has been made artificially rare. On top of all of this, because of how valuable properties have become, there are now many interests that capitalize on the entire process of building new housing that make it ever more expensive. Our taxes are funding numerous regulators that stymie new development, while the developers have to then hire numerous attorneys and planners to pitch a project and litigate it through the cities to get approvals. This can take over 10 years in a major city. All this contributes to the ridiculous costs of building these days.

100% success rate of crossings ---- 2 foot ditch and they dont send you back... i guarantee it the news wont dig into the facts but they wont send them back its a welcome mat 100% get entry isnt it.....guantanamo or canada the 100,000 criminals and k1lllers need to decide... do the math..

CNN better thank Trump, their ratings are finally out of the gutter.

Fake News. Your ratings suck

Just sick.. I mean is there another word.. Cnn your at bottom. Your ratings prove it..

This Douche Bag and CNN cut him off.This is why your ratings are in the tank.Acosta and Lemon got let go Because nobody beleives ther BS.And this broad should be next.

I was in the Navy 1976-1996. I came in when women were looked down on by sailors. They had their reasons, but things changed in the 80s. Women served on ships, filled most rates, flew planes, captained commands on shore and at sea (surface and sub). There were issues with gays, and now there's this. I have always thought that as long as one can do the job and not discredit the Navy, have at it and I'm glad to serve with you. USN / USNR E-8 retired

Men have no business in women's spaces. It's crazy how democrats fail to understand that.\n\nAlso, a group with 40% suicide rate should not handle lethal weapons

And imagine, if Biden was still president or if Harris could have won, as president, these immigrants would still be flooding into the USA at the same rate. I'm very happy Trump #47 was re-elected.

CNN tv ratings down 39% since 2022. And you wonder why?

???????? cnn really trying to get their rating up. Yall are embarrassing!!!

U notice how she says “the langue of it” in an attempt to make the whole thing sound worse than it is. Thats a tactic they always try to do lol same when they talk about criminals they only state rhe worse crimes which typically always have the absolute lowest recidivism rate, but they never state that cuz itd kill fear, they never mention the actual recidivism rates which is always drig charges and drug dealers holding the top. Always has been for decades upon decades. About time we got a war on drugs.

This is a matter of our military not doing their part in conducting proper mental health sceenings. How can someone with a psychological disorder be allowed to serve? When I was at MEPS, I was denied my request to be an MP because of a low credit score, and yet we have individuals in service that are not mentally fit. I do not wish any of them ill will. But just like most can agree, they wouldn't want a racist cop. We would not want someone who could snap while they are being depended on in a critical situation. This is evident as the left likes to point out the high suicide rate with transgender and homosexual individuals

Oh CNN...never change... (because at this rate, you'll be out of business by July)

This person does not want to stop keeping Americans safe, but Americans don’t want that? America’s luck will soon run out at this rate

I believe it is possible for a trans person to be an excellent soldier. However, just by playing the odds, it's more likely they will have some manner of emotional or psychological issue just based off of trans suicide rates and the amount of people trying to switch back.

Improve your (India's) economy to match the per capita GDP of Western Countries like USA ($65,000 per capita). Rejection rates will dramatically decline. Nothing to do with anti-Indian sentiment.

Indian should investigate why are visas denied. I think the most common reason for visa rejection is high rate of overstays committed by visitors coming from the affected countries

Chances are we would probably be seeing a crime rate going up if they live here

Hope ppl know that no matter is happening for us american ppl, prices will only go up! They might drop the cost of gas for a few months to make u feel good and than shoot back up with everything else at a higher rate than today! Its been happening for longer than i been alive

They are illegal with criminal records, not undocumented, get it right cnn. No wonder your ratings are dropping so much.

They are illegal with criminal records, not undocumented, get it right cnn. No wonder your ratings are dropping so much.

Homeless Americans, Homeless war veterans, North Carolina hurricane victims, high suicide rate for vet's. We have a long list of things to take care of, one of them is not importing 3rd world peasants at the expense of Americans.\n\nGo back to your countries and fix them instead of freeloaders off ours.

CNN better start telling the truth or they will keep getting sued for millions. Ratings are in the tank, while Trump's ratings are way up.

I’m not sure how you can claim the health care is better in the USA when the infant mortality rate is so high and overall health care outcomes are so low compared to other developed nations

They played the clip twice lol CNN is the worse Haha\nHave you seen its ratings haha

It will take 60 years to export illegals at the rate of 500 people per day?

Ignorant Trump supporters do not know that America has always been deporting migrants. In the past decade itself 2 Million migrants had been deported, the maximum number of deportees was during President Obama's second term. Trump, being an ex-TV anchor is just advertising it more to improve his ratings, that's all.

*The problem is that Trump never thinks anything through. You can’t just deport thousands of migrant workers who fulfill important jobs that Americans don’t want…jobs such as farming, agriculture, meats and poultry and other service jobs. I have a huge problem with indiscriminate deportation. There should be selective deportation, the illegals who are committing crimes…yes deport them. Most undocumented workers aren’t committing crimes, they commit crimes at a lesser rate than Americans. We need the hardworking migrants to support our economy. The prices of eggs are already high enough, this will only contribute to higher prices as many critical jobs will remain unfilled. This is another dumb move by Trump to give Americans the facade that he’s cleaning up the country.*

He already said Mexico and Canada are next…he’s gonna plunge us into a recession we haven’t seen since 2008 at this rate plus he gonna accelerate inflation.

Imagine he tries to tariffs lots of the country, inflation hits and the fed has to increase interest rates to push down inflation…

You’re so slow. By the time you posted this the Columbia president caved. Absolutely a beast moment by president Trump . Let me see the news story from cnn talking how amazing this reversal was. president Trump is changing things and getting this national moving . If you continue to bash him and not reporting honestly on the amazing turn around president Trump has preformed and his approval rating your lost. CNN will never recover as a news outlet. Moving to streaming won’t even help you.

Biden's deportations were merely those stopped at the border. Please stop with the propaganda. No wonder CNN has terrible ratings

Unpopular? \n\nAs of July 2024, President Gustavo Petro of Colombia had an approval rating of 47%. His popularity saw a rise following the passage of a pension reform law, which boosted his approval by 6.2%

Petro is going to make Colombia to Venezuela at this rate.

Gosh, CNN execs couldn't give a crap about you. All of you are numbers. I hope Soros or Hillary has your back with your ratings ?

This is the reason why your ratings are.low, no accuracy.

CNN IS ALWAYS LATE, THAT IS WHY THE RATING ARE SO LOW.

Until CNN stands up to Trump and its MAGA sickos you are going to keep losing viewers and you should. You went after Biden non stop to old. Never questioned Trumps mental decline and his calls to take down the country. I hope the pay back is worth the ratings. You bent the knee on the lawsuit that you would have won to kiss the ring. Hate to see people lose jobs, but hope you go belly up. FAFO

Imagine being such a crappy network that spreads so much misinformation that you forgot to even mention the part where Columbia already cave to drums demands and so this isn't even a valid conversation anymore. This is why your ratings are in the tank because CNN is trash

I don't think CNN will ever learn any lesson from their fallling ratings

He's not trying to get them to do America's bidding he is Macon them take back the criminals they sent us we have already withstood the highest inflation rate in history if I have to pay a little bit more at the grocery store to see these criminals sent back that's fine with me

Do you idiots believe this will raise your rating, you idiots don't realize, the money we save not supporting illegal immigrants, will pay for it self, win, win, we'll eventually run out of illegal immigrants, then save money, yippee, go Trump!

“Undocumented migrants “? Really? They were criminals. Fake News. No wonder CNN ratings are the worst.

So he is retaliating on the Americans. Is anyone going to pay Starbucks rates that will go up 50 percent. Dumdass dumb Donald Trump

Honestly how is it possible that almost all of Trump's supporters lack critical thinking, they are just emotional babies like him. How is it hard to think that having such Tariffs affects consumer price at the same rate. How dumb can you be not to see this? I also understand other countries to denay the landing of military planes without schedule or agreed up on time and place. How would US feel if another country just sends their military plane without any information . This is wild.

I am sure this will have no impact on our inflation rate, no, no impact. ?

USA isn't going to have any allies in the next month at this rate. You need to remove Trump with the 25th amendment fast.

Allowing illegal immigration to take place willingly is making it impossible for Americans to live out the American dream. It’s not about us not being considerate or empathetic. It’s about us having those feelings for Americans because we are hurting our economy. Our jobs. Our schools are production and manufacturing are all hurting. Crime rates are skyrocketing sanctuary cities are turning into dystopian crime syndicate, filled organizations.

Dude this report is full of half truths and straight up obfuscation it’s mind numbing. The rate of deportation is on par with biden? You didn’t put any figures to that claim. Show a side by side of deportation numbers, or how many people have been arrested by ICE now vs the Biden admin by day. Any day. You pick. Shame on global for such shoddy reporting.