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Kamala Harris releases economic plan aiming to lower housing costs, end price gouging

By Nidia Cavazos , Kathryn Watson

Updated on: August 17, 2024 / 8:49 AM EDT / CBS News

Vice President Kamala Harris  unveiled her economic plans Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina, marking the first time she has released a major policy initiative since President Biden dropped out of the race last month. 

North Carolina is a key battleground state in November, and Harris is trying to persuade voters there and across the country that her policies can bring costs down and give Americans economic opportunity. Harris noted it was her 16th visit to the state since becoming vice president — and President Biden's first stop after the fateful debate performance that ultimately led to his departure from the race. 

Harris said she would offer more details about her economic plan in the weeks ahead but on Friday, she focused efforts to lower the cost of living. 

"When I am elected president, I will make it a top priority to bring down costs and increase economic security for all Americans," Harris said at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh. "As president, I will take on the high costs that matter most to most Americans, like the cost of food. We all know that prices went up during the pandemic when the supply chains shut down and failed. But our supply chains have now improved. And prices are still too high." 

Harris also blasted former President Donald Trump over his economic policies. She said Trump would impose "what is in effect a national sales tax," referring to recent remarks Trump made about expanding tariffs on goods imported into the U.S. by 10-20%. 

New housing

Harris is calling for the construction of 3 million new housing units in her first four years in office. The Biden administration has previously called for the construction of 2 million new homes .

She wants to incentivize these new units with a tax break for builders who construct properties for first-time home buyers. She is also proposing a $40 billion fund to help local governments find solutions to the lack of housing supply. 

"There's a serious housing shortage. In many places, it's too difficult to build, and it's driving prices up," Harris said. "As president, I will work in partnership with industry to build the housing we need, both to rent and to buy. We will take down barriers and cut red tape, including at the state and local levels. And by the end of my first term, we will end America's housing shortage by building 3 million new homes and rentals that are affordable for the middle class." 

Campaign officials said Harris will call on Congress to pass the Preventing the Algorithmic Facilitation of Rental Housing Cartels Act, which would prevent landlords from using price-fixing algorithms to increase rents. She also wants lawmakers to pass the Stop Predatory Investing Act, a bill that would limit tax breaks for large investors and private equity firms that acquire single-family rental homes in bulk. 

"Some corporate landlords, some of them, buy dozens if not hundreds of houses and apartments," Harris said. "Then they turn them around and rent them out at extremely high prices. And it can make it impossible then for regular people to buy or even rent a home."

Harris will also propose providing Americans who have paid their rent on time for two years with up to $25,000 in down-payment assistance, with more support for first-generation homeowners. 

Expansion of Child Tax Credit

Harris is also proposing an expansion of the Child Tax Credit to provide a $6,000 tax cut to families with newborns. GOP vice presidential nominee and Ohio Sen.  JD Vance has proposed a similar  but more general $5,000 Child Tax Credit expansion. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget pointed out that this Vance's proposal, which is 150% above the current $2,000 tax credit, could mean creating trillions in debt. "We could easily be talking about $2-$3 trillion in additional borrowing over the next decade," Marc Goldwein, senior policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, told CBS MoneyWatch regarding the Vance proposal. 

Vance has suggested his tax credit would not be subject to income thresholds, while Harris' proposal would apply to lower- and middle-income families.

Trump campaign senior adviser Brian Hughes said there's been "a lot of talk from the Harris campaign criticizing Senator Vance and campaign for advocating for policies that are pro-family and meant to support those who are raising children. So it is a bit ironic to see the Vice President Harris suddenly embrace policies that she seemed to stop at just a few weeks ago."

Harris also wants to restore the Child Tax Credit to the pandemic-era American Rescue Plan levels , which would give working- and middle-class families with children up to $3,600 per child. 

She is also proposing a Earned Income Tax Credit of $1,500 for those in lower-income jobs who aren't raising a child. The campaign also emphasized that Harris will ensure "no one earning less than $400,000 a year will pay more in new taxes." 

Both Vance's and Harris' proposals would require congressional approval.

Addressing inflation

In North Carolina, Harris also talked about how much higher prices are for specific goods like bread than they were pre-pandemic, something Mr. Biden has typically been less likely to do. 

In the first 100 days of her administration, Harris, according to a campaign fact sheet, would work to bring down the cost of groceries by working with Congress on a federal ban on price gouging on groceries and other goods and new authorities for the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to enable them to impose penalties on rule-breaking companies.

"Look, the bills add up," Harris said Friday. "Food, rent, gas, back to school clothes, prescription medication — after all that, for many families, there's not much left at the end of the month." 

Extreme consolidation in the food industry has led to higher prices that account for a large part of higher grocery bills. Harris plans to crack down on unfair mergers and acquisitions that give big food corporations the power to jack up food and grocery prices and undermine the competition that keeps prices low for consumers. And her plan aims to support smaller businesses, like grocery stores, meat processors, farmers and ranchers, so those industries can be more competitive.

According to the most  recent CBS News poll , only 9% of registered voters rated the condition of the national economy as "very good," with the economy and inflation ranking as the top issue of concern consistently across 2024 polls. Inflation has cooled since its peak in June 2022, but many voters are still feeling financial strain. Prices are still 20%  higher overall than prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement, the Trump campaign accused Harris of trying to implement price controls, which it said "have been tried — and failed — throughout history as they inevitably lead to food lines, shortages, and skyrocketing inequality." The Trump campaign also blamed Harris' and Mr. Biden's economic policies for creating the problem, "aided and abetted by Harris's tiebreaking votes on trillions in inflationary spending."  However, economists have said that pandemic-related federal spending by both Trump and Mr. Biden fueled high inflation.

Throughout battleground states, voters often tell CBS News that the economy remains a top issue when heading to the voting booths. 

"Workforce development, creating job opportunities, making sure everyone can advance in different career fields," said Abraham Camejo in Las Vegas ahead of Harris' rally on Saturday when asked about economic priorities. "The policies that benefit big corporations and the middle class are different."

According to a recent  CBS News poll , on a question about policies that will improve people's finances, Harris trailed Trump with 45% of registered voters saying they'd be financially better off with the former president, compared to 25% for Harris. 

Eliminating taxes on tips

Harris' economic policy remarks followed her  pledge last Saturday at a rally in Las Vegas to eliminate taxes on tips and raise the minimum wage.

"When I am president, we will continue our fight for working families including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers," Harris said recently at a rally that included Nevada Culinary union members. 

A Harris-Walz campaign official noted that her pledge would require legislation.

This marked the first time Harris made a proposal on eliminating taxes on tips for service workers, a similar idea to one first pitched by Trump in June, also at a rally in Las Vegas.  

In 2025, lawmakers are set to have a major opening on tax legislation given the expiration of some tax changes made during Trump's presidency in 2017. Control of Congress is likely to be a major factor on this issue, since Republicans held the House, Senate and White House when Trump's 2017 tax cuts became law. 

Aaron Navarro contributed to this report.

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Nidia Cavazos is a 2024 campaign reporter for CBS News.

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Mark Your Calendars for Homecoming 2024

This year’s Homecoming theme, “Always a Ranger,” celebrates the enduring spirit and lifelong connection of the UW-Parkside community. It reflects the pride and loyalty that graduates and current students share.

Key events include:

Alumni Tailgate and Volleyball Game Friday, Oct. 11, 4:30-6 p.m.

The Homecoming weekend kicks off with a pre-game tailgate featuring local food trucks and family-friendly activities. The event leads into the main attraction of the evening, as the Rangers face off against Grand Valley State in a 6 p.m. volleyball match.

Homecoming Reflections Saturday, Oct. 12

Saturday morning will offer alumni and friends an opportunity to gather, reflect on their UW-Parkside experiences, and look ahead to the future of the university.

Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Saturday, Oct. 12

Later that day, the university will honor its distinguished athletes during the Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, recognizing their significant contributions to UW-Parkside's storied athletic history.

These events are just the beginning of what promises to be an exciting weekend. Additional details and registration information will be available soon. For updates, visit www.uwp.edu/homecoming .

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Buying or Selling a Home? The Rules Are Changing.

On Aug. 17, real estate agents across the country must begin following new practices on how commissions are paid. It will change the way buyers and sellers approach real estate transactions.

By Debra Kamin

Sweeping changes to the real estate industry are going into effect this week, five months after the National Association of Realtors agreed to a landmark settlement over the way agents are paid commissions.

On Aug. 17, real estate agents across the country must begin following new practices that will require buyers to sign a form before an agent can show them a home, and may radically lower the commission they ask sellers to pay during a home sale.

For years, the standard commission has been 5 to 6 percent, shouldered by home sellers and then split between real estate agents for the seller and the buyer. That fee, while technically negotiable, was at the heart of a lawsuit brought against N.A.R. by a group of home sellers in Missouri , who said the fee was inflated. The home sellers argued that N.A.R., and brokerages who required their agents to be members of N.A.R., had violated antitrust laws by mandating that the seller’s agent make an offer of payment to the buyer’s agent, and setting rules that led to an industrywide standard commission.

Those rules are gone.

Agents will no longer be allowed to make offers of commissions on the online databases used to buy and sell homes, called Multiple Listing Services, severing access to the backdoor channel agents have long used to communicate payments. So what do the changes mean for you? Here’s what to expect.

What do I need to know if I’m buying a home?

Home buyers will now need to sign a written agreement with an agent before they tour a home. These agreements, meant to stipulate exactly how much a buyer is expected to pay to their agent, are required by the settlement, and are not entirely new — 18 states already required them before N.A.R. lost in court.

But now the forms are everywhere, with little uniformity to the fine print.

“Everyone is calling their forms different things. There’s no industry continuity yet. We’ll get there, but right now it’s going to be rough and tumble as this rolls out,” said Ryan Tucholski, the chief executive of the West Volusia Association of Realtors, a local association in Central Florida.

He said he has been fielding a steady stream of questions from the Realtors in his association, many of whom will be in the middle of transactions when the rule changes take effect. “It’s like changing the oil of the car while it’s running,” he said.

Many agents say they plan to ask buyers to now cover a commission of 2.5 or 3 percent to make up for the portion that was previously covered by the seller. Steve Brobeck, a senior fellow at the Consumer Federation of America, an advocacy group, said he is advising buyers to consider offering a flat fee, or paying their agent by the hour, instead.

“The broker’s fee should be clearly stated, always as a dollar figure or as an hourly rate,” he advised in a report. “The dollar value of today’s percentage commissions is often underestimated by buyers. Moreover, buyer agents should not have a financial incentive to be paid more the higher the sale price.”

Those straightforward conversations, he said, will eventually drive commissions down, even if headwinds drag out the process. Laura Ellis, a broker in Chicago who serves as chief strategy officer and president of residential sales at the brokerage Baird and Warner, agrees.

“Agents are going to have more direct conversations with buyers about how they’re going to be compensated. For 100 years or so many agents were able to tell buyers, ‘Don’t worry, I’m free, we’ll go have a lovely sunny afternoon of looking at houses and go from there.’ And that whole conversation is different now,” she said.

What do I need to know if I’m selling a home?

Home sellers are now due for some immediate relief.

Because the settlement eliminates rules that require sellers’ agents to make an offer of commission to buyers’ agents, most sellers’ agents are expected to ask their clients to pay only for one side of the commission pie — a number that averages 2.5 to 3 percent now, and may be pushed downward by competitive pressure as the settlement changes continue to roll out.

Richard Hopen, a former broker who has worked with Compass and Redfin and now runs a business focused on educating home buyers, said that come Aug. 17, sellers should be informed about the changes, and make sure they understand what they’re being asked to pay.

“Sellers and agents should talk openly about reducing or even eliminating the buyer agent fee and how that could impact the seller,” he said.

How does the settlement apply to people who just sold their home?

The March 15 settlement was a nationwide class-action settlement that applies to nearly every American homeowner who sold a property in the last five years.

N.A.R. settled for $418 million, but the settlement also ensnared more than 20 brokerages that have also all settled for millions. The total damages are now more than $1 billion.

Payouts for individual home sellers are not expected to be significant, but the total amount that an average American is entitled to will depend on how many people submit claims between now and May 9, 2025. Eligibility varies depending on the state you live in, the brokerage your real estate agent worked with, and the date your home listing was entered into a multiple listing service.

You can find out if you’re eligible for a payment here .

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Debra Kamin reports on real estate, covering what it means to buy, sell and own a home in America today. More about Debra Kamin

The State of Real Estate

Whether you’re renting, buying or selling, here’s a look at real estate trends..

A Pink Building Stands Out:  A new building in Brooklyn was designed to encourage a more intimate living space, according to the builders.

The Hunt:  To find the right one-bedroom, a couple eschewed prewar style  in favor of a cookie-cutter co-op.

Ask Real Estate:  To live in a rent-stabilized apartment in New York, it must be your primary residence. But how far can you bend the rules ?

Living Small:  “It’s probably the best place I’ve ever lived,” said the owner of a little house  in the mountainous Methow Valley of Washington.

Saving Elizabeth Street Garden :  Elementary school children have been writing letters to Mayor Eric Adams in an effort to save the garden , where the city is planning to build housing.