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And @CoryBooker closed out the discussion, recalling his work as Mayor of @CityofNewarkNJ during the 2008 #housing crisis and background as a tenants' rights attorney. #OurHomesOurVotes2020 5/6 pic.twitter.com/GrIL66q3yI
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 21, 2019
We're pleased #housing is now firmly a part of the #Election2020 conversation, and welcome the acknowledgment that we simply aren't building enough housing. We look forward to growing this conversation in the coming months! #OurHomesOurVotes2020 6/6
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 21, 2019
.@ewarren: "Our housing problem in America is a problem on the supply side, and that means that the federal government stopped building new housing a long time ago… So I've got a plan for 3.2 million new housing units in America." #OurHomesOurVotes2020 4/6
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 21, 2019
.@TomSteyer made the direct connection between our affordable housing crisis and our housing shortage, particularly in his home state of California. "We have millions too few housing units." #OurHomesOurVotes2020 3/6 pic.twitter.com/w2PNcOqWdW
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 21, 2019
.@BernieSanders: "You've got 500,000 people sleeping out on the street and you've got 18 million people paying half of their limited incomes for housing." #OurHomesOurVotes2020 2/6
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 21, 2019
The hard work of many people and organizations paid off, as #housing was in the spotlight of last night's #DemDebate on @MSNBC. We'll tweet out a few of the top lines from several of the candidates. #OurHomesOurVotes2020 1/6
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 21, 2019
"For far too long, homelessness has been in the shadows of public policy debates. But the severity of the homelessness crisis is forcing it into the light." Read our latest insights into how housing policy must address the homelessness crisis. ⬇️ https://t.co/gohNOcJGEV
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 19, 2019
We agree - #affordablehousing is an issue too important to ignore. We urge moderators for #DemDebates to ask candidates about how they will address the nationwide housing shortage and affordability crisis. #OurHomesOurVotes2020 pic.twitter.com/8z2LrYl5M0
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 18, 2019
Needless to say, we approve of this 🧵. https://t.co/SFn7a1iTMD
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 18, 2019
.@mikekingsella's message: "#Housing is at the intersection of community development and economic development... and a broken housing ecosystem undermines both."
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) November 15, 2019