Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a public housing town hall at a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residence on August 29, 2019 in the Bronx borough of New York City. She was part of a group of progressive members of Congress who just backed a new housing proposal. | Getty Images

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other representatives hint at forthcoming legislation ?The Squad? is taking on the affordable housing crisis.
Four members of Congress, including three congresswomen from a group of representatives known as ?The Squad,? have partnered with the Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, in its campaign to address the affordable housing crisis.
Called ?A Home To Thrive,? the campaign is pushing a policy platform designed to protect low-income renters and public housing residents. Introduced during an event today in Washington, D.C. attended by dozens of tenants rights activists, the platform is currently a set of loosely defined goals that have become commonplace among Democratic representatives and candidates. A group of representatives?Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Chuy Garcia, and Rashida Tlaib?suggested that a formal legislative proposal is in the works at a launch event earlier today. ?We need a complete overhaul of housing policy,? Ocasio-Cortez said earlier today.? We need to stop commodifying the housing market because it?s not a speculative good; it?s a human right. Everyone needs a home to thrive.?

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