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Includes national rent control, community land trust, and housing assistance as an entitlement Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled outlines of a sweeping $2.5 trillion housing plan during a campaign stop in Las Vegas on Saturday, a bold and far-reaching agenda that includes national rent control, ending homelessness, and turning federal housing assistance into an entitlement.
By introducing the plan in Nevada, a state hard-hit by the Great Recession and housing crisis, Sen. Sanders aims to steer the debate over an issue of rising importance among Democratic voters, and perhaps make a mark in an early primary state, where talk of affordability and rising rents resonates strongly.
?For too long, this is one of those issues that we just don?t talk about,? he said at a Las Vegas union hall, according to the New York Times. ?We have an affordable housing crisis in Nevada, in Vermont and all over this country that must be addressed.?
Housing must be a right. We will:

?Build and rehabilitate 7.4 million affordable housing units
?Build 2 million mixed-income units
?Enact a national rent control standard
?End homelessness
?Fully fund Section 8 vouchers? Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 14, 2019

The plan addresses the housing issue from multiple angles. For public housing residents, Sanders would invest $70 billion to rehabilitate the nation?s existing public housing stock.
For all renters, he would build 2 million mixed-income units, provide $50 billion...