The Vice President of the United States Says ‘The American Dream Right Now Is Really Elusive’

Harris: “The American dream right now is really elusive for far too many people in terms of even aspiring to own a home. It’s too expensive. We don’t have enough housing, we have a housing shortage. So part of my plan is to work with the private sector, with builders and developers, to build 3 million more homes by the end of my first term and to give first-time homebuyers a $25,000 down payment assistance so they can just get their foot in the door to homeownership, which is the fastest and the most efficient way for people to build intergenerational wealth. These are the ways that I think about how we build up our country in a way that is about supporting the middle class. I come from the middle class. I’m never going to forget where I come from.”