We’re not anywhere near Brooklyn, but even we know that if you wanna buy a house there, you’d better pony up. A lot. Like, a lot a lot.
Ray McGuire and Shaun Donovan are both hoping to succeed hot mess Bill de Blasio as Mayor of New York City, so in theory, they’d be pretty familiar with housing prices in the area.
Newp:
.@RayForMayor & @ShaunDonovanNYC both think a home in Brooklyn costs $100K…
How can you fix the city’s housing crisis if you’re this oblivious? pic.twitter.com/fW9fWeCXbU
— Monica Klein (@MonicaCKlein) May 11, 2021
$100,000 for a home in Brooklyn?
— K.E. Moylan (@kemoylan) May 11, 2021
I’m losing my mind with this. pic.twitter.com/YOgRJGsmGh
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 11, 2021
Disqualifying, really. https://t.co/kukqS36QiW
— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) May 11, 2021
These are all the properties I see listed on Zillow for under $100k in Brooklyn. I’m thinking a cozy empty lot. pic.twitter.com/JIn1d7yPej
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) May 11, 2021
I honestly don’t understand how anyone can be that oblivious. It’s hard to buy a home anywhere for $100k. Disqualifying.
— Susan Bernhard 🌊 (@EsdeeBernhard) May 11, 2021
The median home price *nationally* is basically three times this, let alone in one of the most expensive places in the US https://t.co/59N5KAB0hj
— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) May 11, 2021
Well, what would someone like Shaun Donovan know about homes across the U.S.?
one of these people worked in the department of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama Administration, lmao https://t.co/ocHaxJyypY
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) May 11, 2021
Donovan didn’t just work in Obama’s HUD; he was the effing secretary.
Even more shockingly, Shaun Donovan was the former SECRETARY OF HOUSING and Urban Development under Obama and NYC HOUSING COMMISSIONER before that under Bloomberg. https://t.co/9Wfo5IbzkQ
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) May 11, 2021
Shaun Donovan is a former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development https://t.co/TuuJgTKFxN
— Bill Scher (@billscher) May 11, 2021
It’s great that one of these people was the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 5 years
— Stephen – #PassThePROAct 🌿☀️🍉 (@yung_stevezie) May 11, 2021
And @ShaunDonovanNYC used to be the HUD secretary
— Michael Gaston (@_MichaelGaston) May 11, 2021
Wow. Just wow. pic.twitter.com/ztLLO2ZrWJ
— Kevin Adams (@KvnJAdms) May 11, 2021
“HUD Sec. 2009-2014”
— SB (@thesecondsingle) May 11, 2021
Barack Obama sure could pick ’em!
Honestly, if you're a former HUD SECRETARY and you don't know what homes cost in the city where you are running for mayor, it's time to hang it up.
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) May 11, 2021
Donovan (and McGuire, for that matter) should both call it quits.
On the other hand, Bill de Blasio managed to get elected, so the bar’s already been set pretty low.
