JOE BIDEN NORTH CHARLESTON SC LOCAL STOP REFEED
TVU 27 JOE BIDEN NORTH CHARLESTON SC LOCAL STOP REFEED ABC UNI 022420 2020
TVU 27 JOE BIDEN NORTH CHARLESTON SC LOCAL STOP ABC UNI REFEED
iPhone video of arrival/exit: BIDEN PILGRIM ENTER EXIT 22420, BidenNCharlestonSC, BidenNCharlestonSCExit
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NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina -- Former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled his $640 billion housing plan this morning, and took a few questions from reporters as he entered and exited a press conference in North Charleston.
As he arrived Biden sounded confident when asked by ABC News' Eva Pilgrim if he can win here in South Carolina (SLUG: BIDEN PILGRIM ENTER EXIT 224320-MOV_EABKw4.mp4)
PILGRIM: Do you think you can win here in South Carolina?
BIDEN: I know I can
PILGRIM: By enough?
BIDEN: By plenty
As he exited the venue, Biden rolled down the window of his SUV and took a few questions from the press huddled around the vehicle.
Despite his answers on MSNBC yesterday, Biden declined to play pundit again, telling the press will do well in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, and declining to answer when asked by ABC News whether or not he believes Sen. Bernie Sanders is the frontrunner in the Democratic primary race right now. (ON TVU27 and BidenNCharlestonSCExit-MOV_zPpoAV.mp4)
11:57:22 Q: How do you expect Saturday to go?
BIDEN>> Well, look, that's for you -- that's for you pundits to decide. I feel good, ready to go, and I think we're gonna do fine.
PILGRIM Q: Do you think Bernie Sanders is the frontrunner in this race right now?
BIDEN>> I'm not gonna get -- Look, you all can -- the answer is: I'm gonna do well here. Thank you.
Biden, flanked by state representatives Marvin Pendarvis and David Mack, gave roughly 10 minutes of remarks announcing his housing plan, calling the need for affordable housing a "moral issue," and noting that lack of access to housing is a problem all around the country, but in South Carolina especially, which has one of the highest eviction rates in the nation.
"Housing's a problem and access to housing's a problem all across the country. There's a significant housing shortage in big cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, but there's also -- there's also the consequences you see right here, right here in North Charleston," Biden said. (11:47:34)
"If this neighborhood is healthy, if this neighborhood is prosperous, if this neighborhood is a regularity that everybody knows who they are, where they are and they're going to be OK, it changes everything. It changes everybody's attitude about everything, an entire community. So this is much more than a plan. The bottom line is housing policy in my view is a moral issue," Biden said. (11:50:53)
Biden also called the lack of affordable housing for hard-working families "un-American," and pledged to get major legislation passed to address the issue.
"One of the things you're going to do is we're going to get some of the major legislation that's being stalled in Congress, being stalled in the state legislature as well, to give people an opportunity to be able to the basic, basic moral right -- for working hard to be able to have a place to live, it's important. It's almost gonna sounds strange, it's almost un-American. That you grow up in a circumstance where you're working a 40 hour week, and have no place to live and you can't provide for your family," Biden said. (11:54:23)
(Note: the feed from Eva Pilgrim's crew will be refed later this afternoon, keep an eye on Video DL for feed info)
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HIGHLIGHTS
Nationwide Problem
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And, you know, North Carolina has the highest eviction rate -- the highest eviction rate of any, any -- of any state, of any place in the country. More than triple the national average. Now, by the way, housing's a problem and access to housing's a problem all across the country. There's a significant housing shortage in big cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, but there's also -- there's also the consequences you see right here, right here in North Charleston.
Housing Policy
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If this neighborhood is healthy, if this neighborhood is prosperous, if this neighborhood is a regularity that everybody knows who they are, where they are and they're going to be OK, it changes everything. It changes everybody's attitude about everything, in the entire community. So this is much more than a plan. The bottom line is housing policy, in my view,is a moral issue.
A Place to Go Home To
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Think about your circumstance, your personal circumstance. Think about no matter what else is going on in your life, if you don't have the certainty of being able to provide children, your husband, your wife, you -- your ability to know that when you get out of work, you have a place to go home, go home. And that's why -- you have my plan, I'm not going to go into all the detail.
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But we invest a great deal of money over the next 10 years, increasing the number of -- of affordable housing units that are available, allowing people to get tax credits for their first home purchase, making sure we're in a situation where Section 8 housing is expanded considerably.
Housing as a Basic Right
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One of the things were going to do is we're going to get some of the major legislation that's being stalled in the Congress, being stalled in the state legislature as well, to give people an opportunity to be able to have basic, basic moral right -- for working hard, to be able to have a place to live that's affordable. It's not -- it's almost gonna sounds strange, it's almost un-American that you could think -- you grow up in a circumstance where you're working a 40 hour week, and have no place to live and you can't provide for your family.
CAR GAGGLE
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Q: How do you expect Saturday to go?
BIDEN>> Well. Well. Look, that's for you -- that's for you pundits to decide. I feel good, ready to go, and I think we're gonna do fine.
Q: Do you think Bernie Sanders is the frontrunner in this race right now?
BIDEN>> I'm not gonna get -- Look, you all can -- the answer is: I'm gonna do well here. Thank you.
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TRINT
[11:45:11] Folks, just pretty basic. The I think the press all has a copy of the entire housing plan. I'm not to take the time to go in there at all today. But, you know, this is a housing is a matter of. I think there's a moral component.
[11:45:31] The fact that people in the United States of American people in North Charleston in particular, find themselves in a situation where they may come home one day and find all the bloggers out on the lawn in front of the home because they cannot make that payment. You know, the fact is that, Marvin, we should probably one of representative come back.
[11:45:56] Mom has devoted not only his his life to public service, but this is an issue where he also has represented a lot of people as a 30 who don't have representation and nothing defines you more and your place in the community, your family and your sense of your self-worth than being able to have a safe, affordable place to live where you can care for your family. Where are the kids? Know when they come home, they're coming home or someone's going to be there, but they're not going to grieve.
[11:46:33] Find out they're going to be having to figure out where I go back to that same school, whether or not I'm in a position to kill every single American. This is about the about individuals. It's about families. And this is about kids. And I make no real statement before I did a little bit. I'm like, I'm going to you until this one eighty seven plan. You know, if you think about it, just try to put yourself in position.
[11:47:02] Say this in the press, not simply listening to the reports of being a mom or dad who is breaking their neck as a full time job, working hard and is not really worried whether or not the kids are going to have to put their head down on whether they're going to be able to have a family picture sitting in the living room.
[11:47:25] We're going to be able to walk in and be able to sit down and have breakfast in the same place. Just just a sense of certainty, just a sense of decency. And, you know, North Carolina has the highest conviction rate, the highest conviction rate of any and. Of any state, of any any place in the country, more than triple the national average. Now, by the way, housing is a problem and access to housing is a problem all across the country.
[11:47:53] There is significant housing shortage in big cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago. But also there, there's also the consequence you see right here, right here in North Charleston. And the evictions are devastating on families and on the psyche of the kids psyche, the mood. This isn't just about. It's not just about, in my view. It's not just about the impact on families.
[11:48:21] It's the impact on the entire community. Everybody is better off. The wealthy are better off in a classroom, better off the poor, better off when people have certainty about where they can put their head down.
[11:48:36] It's a big deal. It has to do with an attitude about a community, community by itself. And, you know, when you are in a situation where, as I said, you come home and you find that your possessions, your earthly possessions are out on the sidewalk, literally out on the sidewalk, and they are being held in storage for an extra feed. Your kids forced, as I said, to change school. You have a court record now that makes it dramatically more difficult for you to rent again in any area, a place and that a long term burden on your kids and on you.
[11:49:14] The evictions don't just penalize poverty. They perpetuate they perpetuate. One of the biggest things for brown and black to poor communities overall is that it's hard to get ahead. It's hard to even get to the PlayStation game.
[11:49:28] A little bit treacherous because think about it. Most people, in fact, are in a position to generate wealth and a middle class, black, white, Hispanic, Latino. Asians, they do it through their home. That's how you accumulate wealth. That's how most people accumulate or don't have bank accounts.
[11:49:48] They don't most of them don't have stock. They accumulate their wealth and give more power to be able to negotiate well on the basis of their homes. And so working class cities and towns establish. I'm going to have to establish a new payment program, mediation program, diversion programs to cut down evictions. And we're going to make Jim Clyburn's bill expand access to legal representation for tenants, forcing victims, the law of the land facing eviction.
[11:50:19] You know, there's nothing like Tracy in a a court decision that you have to if you want to join a body, you have to go to court to change your circumstance. Like not understanding that you need representation. You have to make it available. This is sort of think of this in terms of legal aid for housing folks. People trying to get get out of a circumstance where they don't know what to do. You know, the families are going to. We're going to level the playing field. We have to really we have to do this because now it's the right thing to do.
[11:50:51] But it will benefit everyone. If this neighborhood is healthy, this neighborhood is prosperous at this stage, statement is a regularity that everybody knows who they are, where they are, and they're going to be OK. It changes everything, changed everybody's attitude about everything and the entire community. So this is much more of a play. The bottom line is housing policy, in my view, is a moral issue. It's time we started treating it like a wash.
[11:51:17] And I look forward to working with Jamira Clavering and Lava's locally here in the state nationally to make sure the housing system represents what our values are. Decency, fairness, opportunity. Just giving people an even shot. Yes. I want you all to think about. I mean, this is silly. Think about your circumstance, your personal circumstance. Think about no matter what else is going on in your life.
[11:51:42] If you don't have the certainty of being able to provide children, your husband, your wife, you, the ability to know that when you get out of work, you have a place to go home, go home. And that's why you have my plan. I'm not going to go into detail, but we invest a great deal of money on the next 10 years, increasing the number of affordable housing units that are available, allowing people to get tax credits for their first home purchase, making sure we're in a situation where Section 8 housing the expanded considerably.
[11:52:20] One in five people would qualify for Section 8 housing or are able to get. Just not there. And so if you take a look at the plan and I'm going to be talking about this more throughout the next month, you just point out that I think that we put everyone in a position where hardworking people trying their best find themselves. Because the market is increasing, because the value of housing is going up, because the rest of the community is actually growing. People are moving in. The good news is people are breaking up the rest of us.
[11:52:53] This area's growing. You're attracting business to your trip, but it makes it incredibly difficult for a hard working, decent people with families to be able to stay. And they look around and they had jobs. These aren't people who aren't working. These aren't people trying. These are people all grown up, working a 40 hour week or more sometimes, and they can't make it. And so if you take a look at the plans, as I said, this is a significant plan. And it's a combination of increasing everything from protections, from discrimination, housing to access to being able to borrow money for your first home purchase.
[11:53:32] Being able to get tax credits and vouchers. And so it goes up and down like we used to put we used to provide a lot of opportunity for people on Section 8 housing. We used to provide a lot of opportunity for people who were able to get any of the first homes. And but that's not really out of reach for so many people. That this is all about survival. My dad, which is about restoring the prospect of people assume dignity and it's about dignity.
[11:54:00] It's about being able to have a sense that you can make just you can make it. And again, I go back to the basic notion. Your family, you have a family. You're out there. You have a 40 hour week job and you're working. You're doing your job. And you can provide you cannot provide the basic food to children. You have a lot more to talk about.
[11:54:21] And so the next step in your bed and one of things we're going to do is maybe get some of the major legislation that's been stalled in the Congress, install the state legislatures as well to give people an opportunity to be able to have basic, basic moral right to working hard, to be able to have a place to live and so forth. It's not it's not it's almost good.
[11:54:45] Sound strange? It's almost un-American that you can think you grow up in a circumstance where you're working 40 hours a week and there no place and then you can't provide for your family because you're being. Thank you for listening. Thank you for coming on along with the truck that you mentioned.