The Brooke Amendment — a law otherwise known as “the 30 percent rule” that has shaped U.S. housing policy since the 1960s — is in the crosshairs as spending on real estate soars to record heights.
Source: Inman News
A squad of economists is waging a stealth war on America’s ‘30% rule’
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