Latest Fact-Checks In Housing

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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2018 a press conference
"The only housing authority in the state that we have actually given money to is NYCHA."
False
By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 8, 2018
"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."
True
By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2018
Chris Kennedy
Chris Kennedy
stated on January 16, 2018 an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times
"There was no requirement to put in affordable housing."
True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 6, 2018
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on December 8, 2017 an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman
Says the Texas General Land Office led by George P. Bush has repaired just two homes since Hurricane Harvey.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2017 a rally in Pensacola, Fla.
"Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2017
Ryan Sitton
Ryan Sitton
stated on November 7, 2017 a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor
"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 8, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on October 20, 2017 in a televised debate
"We are spending more on affordable housing than we're spending on Dix Park right now."
True
By Paul Specht • November 2, 2017
John Chiang
John Chiang
stated on August 13, 2017 a Facebook live video
"Since I’ve been the state treasurer, we’ve increased the building, construction of affordable housing by 80 percent."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 13, 2017
Crystal Quade
Crystal Quade
stated on August 9, 2017 a letter
"The governor’s cuts would kick over 8,000 people out of their homes."
Mostly False
By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • September 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2017 a tweet
Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.
True
By Manuela Tobias • August 8, 2017
Paul Workman
Paul Workman
stated on June 15, 2017 an oped commentary in the Austin American-Statesman
Says it’s documented that City of Austin fees for building an apartment complex are nearly 10 times what Dallas levies.
Mostly True
By Shonda Novak, W. Gardner Selby • July 13, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 18, 2017 a radio interview
"Property taxes are lower right now than they were" in December 2010 on a median-valued home in Wisconsin.  
Mostly True
June 7, 2017
Habitat for Humanity of Broward
Habitat for Humanity of Broward
stated on March 16, 2017 a press release
"South Florida ranks No. 1 in the gap between wages and housing."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2017
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on March 2, 2017 a post on Facebook
Says Airbnb "decreases real estate values and increases costs for workforce housing."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2017
Chad Mayes
Chad Mayes
stated on January 17, 2017 a speech.
"Legislators themselves cannot afford to buy housing in California."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • February 8, 2017
Chad Mayes
Chad Mayes
stated on January 17, 2017 a speech
California has "the highest poverty rate in the nation" when considering the U.S. Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure.
True
By Chris Nichols • January 20, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 9, 2017 a State of the State speech in New York City
"More college graduates are living at home than in decades."
True
By Dan Clark • January 9, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 27, 2016 the first presidential debate
Says Donald Trump "started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not rent apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans."
True
By Steve Contorno • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate
Says Donald Trump "was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse because then I can go in and buy some and make some money.’ "
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 26, 2016 a Hillary for America television ad
"Trump Management was charged with discriminating against African-Americans and breaking federal law."
True
By Lauren Carroll • September 14, 2016
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