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Uncle Joe

(58,362 posts) Fri Mar 22, 2024, 07:29 PM Mar 22

AOC and Sanders aim to place public housing at center of Green New Deal

Proposal aims to decarbonize all of nation’s public housing units, with an investment of between $162bn and $234bn over next decade

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The Green New Deal for Public Housing aims to decarbonize all of the nation’s public housing units – and build more of them – with an investment of between $162bn and $234bn over the next decade. In doing so, it would avert 5.7m tons of greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of removing 1.26m cars from US roads each year, while creating jobs and public health benefits.

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Instead of allowing the nation’s public housing stock to wither away, the bill seeks to transform it. Units would not only be repaired and freed of contaminants like lead and mold, but also made efficient and green.

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The policy also would have knock-on effects for the entire nation, including by spurring the creation of about 280,000 jobs over a decade. The bill includes language to ensure those jobs are all unionized.

It could also help create a supply of efficient technologies for all residents. Last year, New York City’s public housing authority invited manufacturers to compete for a contract to create and install at least 10,000 induction stoves in New York City Housing Authority (Nycha) buildings, specifically calling for apartment-sized models that do not require electrical upgrades. The winning model will become available on the market for all US residents.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/21/aoc-bernie-sanders-housing-new-deal

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'Housing is a human right. The rent is too damn high, y'all,' said Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y MichMan Mar 22 #1

MichMan

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1. 'Housing is a human right. The rent is too damn high, y'all,' said Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y

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Fri Mar 22, 2024, 08:31 PM

Mar 22

'Housing is a human right. The rent is too damn high, y'all,' said Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., who grew up in public housing in New York City.

'It is plantation capitalism, to have someone paying 40, 50, 60 percent of their salary towards rent,' said Bowman. 'That is plantation capitalism.'

'Rent should be capped at 20 percent of [salary],' he then said. 'The Green New Deal for public housing is a form of reparations for marginalized communities.'

[link:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/squad-member-jamaal-bowman-demands-rents-are-capped-to-fight-plantation-capitalism-as-he-helps-aoc-announce-her-green-new-deal-for-housing-he-calls-a-form-of-reparations/ar-BB1kjbgB|

My income from SS is $25,000 per year. Does this only apply to public housing, or is he saying that I could rent a $1 million dollar house in Michigan for only $417 per month. Sign me up!

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