BROADEN HOME OWNERSHIP
Let go of the old-school “white-picket-fence” image of what home ownership was in the past and embrace every type of housing – including everything from single-family homes to townhouses to high-rise apartments.
Champion the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program to increase a family’s earned income and reduce their dependency on government assistance and rental subsidies.
Increase Housing Mobility-Related Services Notice of Funding Opportunity to the Community Choice Demonstration to expand housing choices for Housing Choice Voucher families by increasing their access to opportunity neighborhoods with high-performing schools, access to jobs, low crime, parks, and other amenities.
Overhaul the Opportunity Zone program, a program that incentivizes people to invest in distressed areas across the country. Add public reporting, terminate high-income zones, and prohibit casinos, stadiums and luxury apartments.
Fully support the HOPE VI program, a HUD program that strives to transform public housing by establishing positive incentives for resident self-sufficiency and comprehensive services that empower residents; lessening concentrations of poverty by placing public housing in nonpoverty neighborhoods and promoting mixed-income communities; and forging partnerships with other agencies, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses to leverage support and resources