CorpusRecord 25278

Explore the urgent housing crisis in Massachusetts

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Source
YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland
Date
2025-01-11
Location
Middlesex County, MA
Material
Transcript
Extent
124 words · about 1 min
Collected
2026-06-05

Transcript

Verbatim source text

001can't see that being an option either so it's a lot of words but I don't see a lot of reality I mean what do you ladies think absolutely I mean I think we all know living in Massachusetts the cost of housing and how difficult it is to find and maintain housing in this state um especially you know with the current economy people are really really struggling and the cost of housing have only gone up mortgage rates are High um rents are high and the I can't imagine how chall ing it would be to come to this state not know the language to not have a place to live to not have a job lined up and then expect to be able to support a family on the kind of wages you can get in an entry-level position not knowing English it's an unrealistic expectation participating in emergency services for the state of trying to take care of people who have come from outside our state

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