Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just released a multi-part legislative blueprint to build a more equitable and sustainable nation, what?s she?s calling ?A Just Society.? | CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

AOC?s ?A Place to Prosper Act,? part of ?A Just Society? proposal, seeks transparency, equity in housing Freshman Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also has a plan for that?many plans, in fact.
This morning, AOC will release a multi-part legislative blueprint to build a more equitable and sustainable nation, what?s she?s calling ?A Just Society.? Comprised of six separate bills, including one focused on housing reform, it places Ocasio-Cortez?s progressive philosophy into sharp relief, offering detailed policy proposals to address the ?extreme economic inequality and poverty plaguing our country, while providing a new era of shared prosperity for everyone.? One bill begins in part, by saying ?Whereas the United States is, by many accounts, one of the world?s wealthiest countries; Whereas the United States is also a land of stark inequality.? The suite of new legislation impacts a wide array of government programs with its provisions for updating the federal poverty line, expanding tenants rights, expanding labor rights, and compelling the U.S. to ratify the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, a landmark UN human rights treaty covering, among other topics, working conditions, health, education, social security, and housing.

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