The unlikely alliance trying to fix America’s housing crisis

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  Good morning. It's Thursday, July 31st.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  On today's show, what to know as we hit Trump's tariff deadline,

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  how mass starvation in Gaza could impact Palestinians for generations,

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  and why that huge earthquake off Russia's coast wasn't as bad as so many feared.

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  But first, to an issue almost all Americans agree is a problem,

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  even in these divided times, affordable housing.

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  There are four and a half million too few homes right now, according to the Chamber of Congress.

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  The median age for a first-time home purchase is nearly 40, by some estimates,

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  and about half of people renting are cost burdened,

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  meaning more than 30% of their income is spent on rent.

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  Lawmakers in Congress agree something needs to change.

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  And now there's an unlikely bipartisan alliance forming around a bill to address the shortage that's gaining momentum.

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  A sort of unusual thing happened in the Senate,

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  which is that a major piece of legislation passed a committee unanimously.

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  That's Liz Goodwin, who covers Congress for the Washington Post.

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  She told us about how two senators on the banking committee,

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  Republican Tim Scott and Democrat Elizabeth Warren, came together to write this measure.

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  She's the highest ranking Democrat on the committee and he runs the committee and kind of said,

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