Affordable Housing:
1. Building of larger complexes with a centralized bathroom and kitchen. Micro-units. Like dorms. This will allow for more units per building at a more affordable cost.
2. Find old unused office buildings and convert them into affordable housing units.
3. More quickly approve development that meets zoning laws for more low-cost apartments. This is often a slow and costly process.
4. Build more affordable housing units near transit. Build more affordable housing near state/city-maintained fruit trees and vegetable gardens for low-income earners to enjoy free healthy freshly-picked meals.
5. Support Community Land Trusts. Land is bought by non-profit organizations and which then sells homes to criteria-meeting folks, splitting the value of the land value with the house value so occupants pay less for home ownership.
6. Inventory and allocate public land for affordable housing. Local governments develop a complete list of all vacant land and underutilized real estate. Once surplus land is identified, cities can sell or lease it at a reduced cost—or donate it—to offset the high cost of land and build more affordable housing.
7. The mass creation of tiny homes. Affordable and quick to build. Expanding growth and access to permanent RV parks.
8. Ensure low-income earners can pay their utility bills.
9. I support a limited mortgage interest deduction for first-time home buyers. This deduction provides an opportunity for working people to build wealth through home ownership
Homelessness:
1. Rapid re-housing. When you’re housed quickly, studies show it’s easier to find a job and get settled at school. Well-built comfortable shelters can be made affordably and in large numbers.
2. Enact a coordinated systems approach. To address homelessness, communities should take a coordinated approach, moving away from a collection of individual programs to a community-wide response that is strategic and data driven. Everyone is working together.
3. Poverty, unemployment, drug addictions and a shortage of affordable housing are often causes of homelessness. Administrative programs and social groups should be expanded to help remedy these situations.
4. Preventative awareness. Expanding mental and behavioral health services. Especially in schools. Expanding drug rehabilitation services.
4. Programs designed to assist low-income people increase their income are critical to supporting housing stability. Programs such as the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program can be used more effectively to combat family homelessness.
5. The availability of Work Supports for low-income households, such as child care and transportation assistance, can also have a big impact on whether or not a household can sustain employment.
6. Build more homeless shelters near state/city maintained fruit tree and vegetable gardens for everyone to enjoy free healthy freshly-picked meals.
7. We need more employees in the homeless service industry.
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