To begin, how worried are you personally about not being able to pay your rent, mortgage, home-owners insurance, or other housing costs?

Have your monthly housing costs increased a lot, increased a little, decreased a little, or decreased a lot since Hurricane Katrina? 

Thinking now about the area where you live, what do you think will happen to housing prices over the next year? Do you think they will increase a lot, increase a little, remain about the same, decrease a little, or decrease a lot?

Would you support or oppose building more moderate or low income housing where you live?

On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government’s responsibility to provide decent housing for those who can’t afford it?

Please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the following statement:

Decent housing is a basic human right.

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When there is not enough housing, buying or renting a home gets more expensive for everyone, so anything to increase the supply of housing helps everyone.

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The more people who have decent places to live, the less crime society will have. Crime usually goes up in neighborhoods where housing for low-income people is built.

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Putting housing for low-income families in my neighborhood would lower my property values.

Would you say the government is pretty much run by a few big interests looking out for themselves or that it is run for the benefit of all the people?

How much attention do you feel the government pays to what the people think when it decides what to do -- a good deal, some, or not much?

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I am generally well informed about this show's topic.

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I understand why people would disagree with my perspective on this issue.

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Discussions - even those that involve serious disagreements - should be an important part of the political processes.

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Democracy requires hearing from all sides of a political issue, even those with unpopular views.