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September 16, 2019

Bernie Sanders Previews Plan to Cut Homelessness, Set National Rent Control Standards
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Independent senator and 2020 candidate Bernie Sanders previewed his
affordable housing plan over the weekend. The plan, which will be
released in full in the coming weeks, would expand and improve federal
housing programs and set a national rent control standard. He is also
calling for $50 billion in grants for local authorities to establish
community land trusts, and would invest in outreach and other services
to address the homelessness crisis. The plan calls for a federal
investment of $2.5 trillion over a decade, which would be paid for
through a tax on the wealthiest Americans - the top one-tenth of 1%.
Sanders addressed a Nevada chapter of a plumbers and pipefitters union
Saturday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "In America tonight, over 500,000 Americans are
either sleeping out on the streets or are in homeless shelters - and
that includes 7,500 people right here in Nevada - because there is not
housing available to them and because they lack the money to pay for the
housing they need, in the wealthiest country in the history of the
world."

Last week, reports emerged that Trump is planning a major crackdown on
California's homeless population, which may include razing tent camps
and creating government-run facilities. Trump and Housing and Urban
Development Secretary Ben Carson will be in San Francisco and Los
Angeles this week to promote so-called support homeless opportunity
zones.


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