The People?s Housing Platform, a set of six policy proposals introduced today in D.C. by progressive lawmakers and housing advocates, tackles different aspects of the nationwide housing affordability crisis. | Getty Images

Broad set of seven laws also tackle homelessness, public housing, replacing Opportunity Zones program The members of the progressive Democratic congressional coalition known as ?The Squad??Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib?are set to join today in Washington D.C. with other legislators and housing advocates to propose a sweeping series of housing policy bills.
Hinted at by the legislators last fall, the collection of seven different proposals, known as The People?s Housing Platform, is designed to tackle different aspects of the nationwide housing affordability crisis, including tenant rights, homelessness, the deterioration of the nation?s public housing stock, and the role speculation plays in rising housing costs. The proposals come as housing is becoming an increasingly bigger issue in the 2020 election, with most of the Democratic field releasing detailed housing plans. Dianne Enriquez, co-director of community dignity campaigns for the Center for Popular Democracy, one of the groups endorsing the People?s Housing Platform, said that its proposals draw on ?tenant organizing across the country,? reflecting a goal for grassroots organizers to provide more legal support to renters, as well as invest f...