Democratic lawmakers calling for emergency declaration on affordable housing, DeSantis blames Biden

Reporter: Sydney Persing
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DeSantis placed the blame on the lack of affordable housing in the state on Joe Biden. Lawmakers are asking him to declare any raise over 10% for rent as price gouging.

Democratic lawmakers are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency over the lack of affordable housing.

Many people in Southwest Florida and across the state are struggling to make ends meet and the increasing rental prices are not helping.

William Clemens is one of those people that are seeing a rent spike.

“A lot of the places I went, they want $1,300 for a studio,” Clemens said. “That’s North Fort Myers.”

Every week, Clemens joins the long line of cars at the Catholic Charities Food Pantries in Southwest Florida to help stretch his money.

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