Did NAR Spend $86M On Politicians in 2024? | The Real Word 354

Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss how much NAR spent on lobbying in 2024, the news about HUD firing half its employees — specifically the HUD office functions targeted for mass firings — and an Elon tweet showing the numbers of people in the Social Security database with the death field set to “false.”
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🔗 This episode's sources:
https://www.realestatenews.com/2025/02/14/nar-spent-more-on-lobbying-than-any-other-group-in-2024
https://www.inman.com/2025/02/14/hud-to-eliminate-half-its-employees/
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/these-are-the-functions-of-the-hud-offices-targeted-for-mass-firings/
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1891350795452654076
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