It’s time for America to reinvest in public housing

The first step to addressing the country’s housing affordability problem is to repeal the Faircloth Amendment.

With Covid-19 still upsetting the economy, eviction moratoriums are still in effect, but will expire. As a result, the housing concerns are real.

A “crushing” housing crisis could emerge and as many as “40 million Americans will be in danger of eviction.”

The Biden Administration should repeal “an obscure 22-year-old addition to the Housing Act of 1937, the Faircloth Amendment. Passed in an era when the reputation of housing projects was at a low, the amendment prohibits any net increase in public-housing units.”

This repeal seems to interest the progressive proposals, including the Green New Deal and the Homes for All Act, which Rep. Ilhan Omar supports.

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