evidence: First-time homebuyers and working families could see up to $25,000 in assistance on down payments, according to a plan set to be unveiled by the Kamala Harris campaign on Friday. But some economists and housing experts expressed skepticism that the proposal would address the crux of the current housing crisis — namely, that there's too much demand for not enough supply. Ahead of a speech in North Carolina on Friday, the Harris-Walz campaign released its first economic policy agenda, focused on lowering costs for American families. Among the ideas floated in the proposal is giving $25,000 to more than a million first-time buyers who have a history of making their rent payments on time. [...] The Harris plan is essentially an expanded version of a proposal set forth by President Biden, which would earmark $25,000 in down-payment assistance for 400,000 first-generation home buyers plus a $10,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. The Harris campaign says its proposal would benefit four million first-time buyers over the next four years.