Donald Trump wants to keep home prices high, bypassing calls to ramp up construction so people can afford what has been a ticket to the middle class.

Trump has instead argued for protecting existing owners who have watched the values of their homes climb. It’s a position that flies in the face of what many economists, the real estate industry, local officials and apartment dwellers say is needed to fix a big chunk of America’s affordability problem.

“I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes, and they can be assured that’s what’s going to happen,” Trump told his Cabinet on Jan. 29.

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    Shocking news has landed. In a move everyone could see coming from a mile away, a real estate guy wants real estate prices to continue climbing, even to unreachable levels. More at 6.

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    Did y’all know we’re giving $9B in missiles to the 9/11 guys?

    $9B. In missiles. To the Saudis.

    But no, totally, let’s making getting a roof over Americans heads more difficult because America First or something.

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    Failed real estate guy wants housing prices to continue to rise.

    At 11 Water is wet?