Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump for saying that he wants to make housing even more expensive for Americans because people who can’t afford to buy homes right now don’t “work very hard” anyway. “I don’t want to drive housing prices down,” Trump said at a January 29 Cabinet meeting. “I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes. We’re not going to destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn’t work very hard can buy a home.”Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."