Memo: Green New Deal For Public Housing Polling
By :
Daniel Aldana Cohen, Senior Fellow, Data for Progress, and Director, Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, University of Pennsylvania;
Sean McElwee, Executive Director, Data for Progress;
John Ray, Senior Political Analyst, YouGov Blue; Julian Brave Noisecat, Vice President of Policy & Strategy, Data for Progress
Recently, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders introduced their Green New Deal for Public Housing Act. Here, we test that legislation in an electoral environment, with Republican arguments against it. We find that it has net positive support. We find that that jobs and apprenticeship aspects of the policy are the most popular. These findings are consistent with previous research on Green Housing legislation.
Executive Summary:
Democratic voters clearly support new policies on housing reform, with independents being split. Republicans oppose these policies but report they would be more likely to support the policies if they included tax relief and new programs for jobs.
Voters across the ideological spectrum move in favor of comprehensive housing reform when the reform includes job-training programs, new jobs, and the removal of lead and mold.
Partisanship and political ideology are the strongest motivations determining support for housing reform, controlling for a variety of political and demographic factors.
