Joe Biden’s housing plan is relatively moderate compared to some of his former primary opponents’ though it still offers a significant increase in federal support for renters and prospective first-time homeowners.
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We founded Moms 4 Housing on a belief that housing is a human right. And now, it’s proven that the majority of people agree with us.
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California’s unemployment rate jumped to 5.3% in March—up from 3.9% in February—as a result of nearly 100,000 lost jobs. If urgent action is not taken, the number of people in California experiencing homelessness will only skyrocket.
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With millions of renters in a desperate situation, bold legislation to relieve renters is imperative.
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Not leaving one’s home, or “shelter in place,” is the primary strategy to prevent the continued increase in coronavirus infection. In other words, safety from potentially deadly illness requires that people have homes, meaning that the harms generally associated with eviction or foreclosure are exponentially greater.
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Federal transportation policy is broken. American communities are suffering as a result.
The U.S. transportation system is both an enormous source of carbon emissions and a major contributor to inequality. Access to safe, affordable, and reliable transportation is a fundamental right, yet most Americans are denied this right because of misguided federal transportation policies and funding priorities.
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We find popular support among likely voters for a package of proposals that will mitigate the effects of coronavirus, including free access to testing and vaccines, access to comprehensive care without premiums, copays, deductibles, or other costs, and paid sick and family leave.
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The global economy is hurting and conditions are likely to worsen substantially. The spread of COVID-19 has reached global pandemic status—if it is not there already. And increasing disruption is triggering underlying weaknesses in the global and domestic US economies. Besides the terrible short-term costs of illness and recession, we must worry about a fossil fueled reboot where “retaliatory emissions” would result from a return to oil, gas, and coal-fueled growth. Ongoing carbon pollution threatens runaway climate chaos.
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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.
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Data for Progress recently fielded a survey of registered voters, and posed a series of questions about support for ambitious housing policy reform with an emphasis on equity and sustainability. We find that, even accounting for partisan identification, there is a clear appetite for green housing reform in the United States.
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