Issue Position: Housing
Issue Position
Issues: Housing and Property
I believe safe and good quality homes and housing make people's lives stable, and also creates stability in a community. Living in Black neighborhoods across the city, I became familiar with what happens when there is a lack of stable housing: homelessness, increased mental health issues, and community violence. Therefore I support lifting the ban on rent control to help alleviate the rising rents that are displacing residents across the 9th District. I also support implementing a real estate transfer tax which would generate revenue from luxury properties; this revenue can help alleviate homelessness across the state, bringing stability back to the individuals in our neighborhoods who have been victims of homelessness and displacement.
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