[ [link removed] ]Pramila Jayapal
John,
Seattle home prices just hit the largest drop in the country, and now
housing inventory is on the rise.
[ [link removed] ]AXIOS Seattle: Seattle home prices post nation's biggest drop
Corporate landlords and Wall Street investors have spent years buying up
single family homes and rental units across the country, turning entire
neighborhoods into their own personal cash flows and locking working
families out of home ownership.
While working families fall further and further behind, Trump and his
billionaire buddies keep getting richer off of tax breaks built for the
wealthy and watch their investment portfolios grow. That is the tale of
two housing markets in this country. One for the ultra rich — and one for
everyone else.
We have to be clear about what this new trend means and what it doesn’t.
Seattle is still one of the most expensive housing markets in the entire
country. And while home prices are cooling down, rent is still sky high.
Renters across our region and this country are still handing over more
than they can afford, every single month, just to keep a roof over their
heads. Housing should never be anything less than a human right, but it’s
still being treated like a commodity.
I refuse to lose sight of that.
That drop in home prices does nothing for the millions of renters who are
barely getting by or the hundreds of thousands of people sleeping without
shelter tonight. In the richest country in the world, that’s not a housing
market problem. It’s a deep and glaring moral failure.
That’s exactly why I introduced the Housing is a Human Right Act in
Congress.
It would pour over $300 billion into housing infrastructure and
homelessness services — because no one should have to “earn” a roof over
their head and a safe place to sleep at night. It’s a basic human dignity
that belongs to every single person in this country. Full stop.
We have more work to do — a lot more. But I’m not backing down from this
fight, and I need you in it with me.
[ [link removed] ]If you’re able, will you pitch in $3, or whatever is
meaningful to you today, to help me keep fighting in Congress to make
housing a human right for every person in this country?
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Thank you,
Pramila Jayapal
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