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Tenant protections and public housing improvements highlight an addition to an already robust housing plan Elizabeth Warren already had one of the most comprehensive and ambitious housing plans of all the Democratic candidates for president, but that hasn?t stopped her from adding to it.
Warren released an addendum to her previous plan on Monday. It focuses on boosting public housing, protecting renters? rights, and regulating corporate landlords that have a history of high eviction rates. It also proposes a Tenant Protection Bureau within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), modeled after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she helped create.
?Tenants deserve a cop on the beat, too,? Warren says in her statement outlining the plan. ?My new Tenant Protection Bureau ... would enforce these federal tenant protections?like just-cause eviction?for tenants in all federally funded affordable housing developments, ensure safe and decent living conditions, and guarantee that landlords don?t illegally raise rents or fees in federally-subsidized housing.? In addition to the new bureau, Warren proposes a national right-to-council fund that would provide legal representation for renters facing eviction or other issues, a cause championed by other Democratic candidates as well. The plan would also establish a federal just cause eviction standard and a right to lease renewal, and create a national small dollar grant program that prevents familie...