The 2020 presidential candidates are making affordable housing a central part of their campaigns as never before. In just the last week:
- Senator Warren toured the Golfview Mobile Home Court in North Liberty, IA, where earlier this year residents suffered a rent increase of 58%;
- Staff from South Bend Mayor Buttigieg’s campaign prepared and served a meal with and for residents of the YMCA Supportive Housing Campus in Des Moines, IA;
- People’s Action and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund held a “People’s Presidential Forum” in Des Moines, IA on September 21. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and former HUD Secretary Julián Castro all addressed affordable housing during their remarks. A webcast of the event is available at: https://bit.ly/2nygKUz. NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 project chronicled their remarks on affordable housing at #OurHomesOurVotes2020; and
- Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro toured a homeless encampment in East Oakland, CA.Earlier in the week he provided meals to people experiencing homelessness in Las Vegas, NV.
NLIHC’s nonpartisan Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 candidate and resident engagement project is working to elevate affordable housing and homelessness in the 2020 elections and monitoring what all the presidential candidates say and do to raise the profile of the nation’ affordable housing crisis – as well as what they promise to do to address the crisis if they are elected. Check out the Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 candidate profiles for more.