Fred Trump, profited, legally AND illegally, from Gov Subsidized Housing programs beginning in the 1930s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump#Rise_to_success
"... Trump made use of loan subsidies created by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) not long after the program was initiated via the National Housing Act of 1934, which also enabled the discriminatory practice of redlining. By 1936, Trump had 400 workers digging foundations for houses that would be sold at prices ranging from $3,000 to $6,250. ...
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"... Congress added a provision to the National Housing Act generating mortgage insurance for defense apartments, through which Trump was allowed to own the properties he built for war workers. ..."
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"... Following the war, Trump expanded into middle-income housing for the families of returning veterans. From 1947 to 1949, he built Shore Haven in Bensonhurst, which included 32 six-story buildings and a shopping center, covering some 30 acres (12 hectares) and procuring him $9 million in FHA funding. In 1950, he built the 23-building Beach Haven Apartments over 40 acres (16 ha) near Coney Island, procuring him $16 million in FHA funds. The total number of apartments included in these projects exceeded 2,700. ..."
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"... In 1961, Trump donated $2,500 to the re-election campaign of New York mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr., helping him gain favor for the construction of Trump Village, a large apartment complex in Coney Island. ..."
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"... In 1966, Trump was AGAIN investigated for windfall profiteering, this time by New York State investigators. After Trump overestimated building costs sponsored by a state program, he profited $598,000 on equipment rentals in the construction of Trump Village, which was then spent on other projects. ..."
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"... Federal civil rights lawsuit: Minority applicants turned away from renting apartments complained to the New York City Commission on Human Rights and the Urban League, leading these groups to send test applicants to Trump-owned complexes in July 1972. They found that white people were offered apartments, while black people were generally turned away ... "
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FHA, various government backed, low-interest loans, FHA, other government funded projects, FHA programs, etc., etc., etc.. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS FUNDED CREATION OF THE TRUMP FAMILY FORTUNE.
Posted By: lester_prairie
Re: Home prices will go up
You don't have to have a Nobel Prize in economics to realize that lower interest rates and $25k free money will drive the price of homes up. Also if she builds 3 million new homes offering $25k, that's $75 billion.