Harris to Propose $25,000 Assistance for First-Time Homeowners
- Package on housing aims to address a top political challenge
- GOP rival Trump denounces plan as Venezuela-style communism
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Vice President Kamala Harris will propose offering as much as $25,000 for first-time homeowners as part of an economic policy rollout Friday, a tacit acknowledgment that voter angst over rising housing costs poses one of the biggest political challenges to her presidential campaign.
Under the program, more than one million first-time home buyers who have a two-year history of on-time rent payments would be eligible for “down-payment support,” the Harris campaign said Thursday.