Presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) held a roundtable on affordable housing issues on July 26 in Iowa City, IA at the Cross Park Place, a permanent supportive housing complex. Cross Park Place is the first affordable housing project to be developed in the state of Iowa with funding from the national Housing Trust Fund.
In attendance were a wide range of state and local housing advocates, including Lauren Johnson, the coordinator of Our Homes, Our Votes, Our Iowa for the Polk County Housing Trust Fund. During the event, Senator Klobuchar described her affordable housing plan and heard from participants and residents about the issues they were facing and how affordable housing impacted employment and the local economy. She highlighted the issues facing both urban and rural issues and the commonalities across Iowa, her home state of Minnesota, and across the country. She also talked about the need for affordable housing for seniors and the importance of seniors being able to age in place. For more information on Senator Klobuchar’s housing proposal, please see a related article in this Memo to Members and Partners. Visit Our Homes, Our Votes IA to watch videos and see pictures from the event.
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 project is tracking what all 2020 presidential candidates are saying about affordable housing. Check out the candidate profiles for more information.