Where this was said
Ad Break: Home Depot, Google Chrome, Indeed, Best Buy, Starbucks
At 13:56 · chapter starts 13:50
The debate pauses for a multi-sponsor ad block featuring The Home Depot's July 4th appliance sale starting at $398 with free delivery, Google Chrome's Gemini AI integration for web browsing, Indeed's sponsored job credit offer of $75 at indeed.com/podcast for show listeners, Best Buy's Windows 11 PC sale starting at $499.99, and Starbucks Frappuccino grocery availability. The ad break interrupts the housing and rent discussion midstream.
More than 12 insurance companies cut back coverage or left Florida entirely between 2020 and 2024, leaving the state with the highest property insurance rates in America.
Paul Renner claimed that after tort reform he championed as House Speaker, auto insurance rates are going down in only one state in America — Florida.
Paul Renner cited the My Safe Florida Home program which gives grants of up to $10,000 for home hardening and saves homeowners as much as $1,000 per year in insurance premiums.
A report cited by the host found that a Floridian needs to earn $77,500 a year to afford the average 2-bedroom rent of $1,940 without overspending.
James Fishback claimed Florida has 1.4 million illegal aliens occupying housing that drives up rents for working Floridians.
James Fishback claimed that 117,000 single-family homes in Florida are owned by private equity, removing them from the purchase market and driving up housing costs.
Fishback recounted meeting a Florida State University student with a 4.0 GPA in computer science who was rejected by Amazon because the company was exclusively hiring H-1B workers. His warning to Florida's 1,900 H-1B employers: hire Floridians or face state consequences.
