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Kalman Yeger on Housing and Homeownership Policy | The Dispute Index

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Kalman Yeger on Housing and Homeownership Policy

A sourced history of statements and actions associated with this topic.

Disputes involving housing affordability, tenant protections, private property, homeownership, and housing policy.

Scope: Includes both empirical and normative disputes; topic inclusion does not endorse a claimed policy effect or characterization.

Condemned1Distinct events · January 6, 2026–January 6, 2026 — Selected filter; activate to remove.Defended or excused0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Challenged the characterization0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Minimized0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Mixed or conditional0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Explicitly stayed out0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.

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1 event on this page · Inclusive range: January 6, 2026–January 6, 2026

1 matching event · Inclusive range: January 6, 2026–January 6, 2026

1 total published event · Inclusive range: January 6, 2026–January 6, 2026

January 6, 2026Condemned
Addressed record
On November 19, 2018, Cea Weaver posted: “Impoverish the white middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.”
“Guess it’s easier to name a communist to a position that doesn’t require confirmation.”
Speaker capacity
New York state legislator
Editorial rationale
The statement plainly opposes the appointment, though its ideological label is Yeger’s characterization.
Mamdani’s new tenant advocate wants to seize private property (opens in a new tab)

· The Washington Post

Editorial

Institutional editorial reproducing the disputed sentence and condemning Weaver’s views and appointment.

View context Cea Weaver’s “impoverish the white middle class” and homeownership remarks