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Housing & Affordability

Positions on housing supply, rent costs, homelessness, zoning reform, and first-time homebuyer assistance.

What This Means

Housing is about the cost of rent and homes. It covers building affordable places to live and helping people who are homeless.

Progressive

Wants the government to build affordable housing and help with rent.

Conservative

Wants fewer building rules so the market can bring prices down on its own.

4031
Favors
3396
Opposes
1157
Mixed / Neutral
8584
Total
Party Breakdown
3986 officials
97% favors3% mixed0% opposes
4439 officials
1% favors23% mixed76% opposes
159 officials
69% favors30% mixed1% opposes
Where Officials Stand

Officials grouped by where they land on this issue.

Stances are estimated, not sourced to each official’s public record. Treat them as a starting point and check a politician’s own statements before relying on them.

Favors4031

Tom France
State Representative, District 99 · MT

Estimated from democrat party platform

Abdelnasser Rashid
Abdelnasser Rashid
State Representative · IL

Estimated based on democrat party platform

and 54 others:
Judith L. Schwank
Schwank
Liz Hanbidge
Hanbidge
Jim Prokopiak
Prokopiak
Tarik Khan
Khan
Heather Boyd
Boyd
Laura Friedman
Laura Friedman
U.S. Representative · CA

Supports affordable housing.

Luz Rivas
Luz Rivas
U.S. Representative · CA

Supports affordable housing programs.

Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
U.S. Representative · NC

Supports affordable housing programs and addressing housing costs.

Jasmine Crockett
Jasmine Crockett
U.S. Representative · TX

Strongly supports affordable housing and addressing housing discrimination.

Mixed1157

Katie Britt
Katie Britt
U.S. Senator · AL

Supports reducing regulations to increase housing supply; opposes government housing mandates.

Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
U.S. Senator · NC

Supports reducing regulations to increase housing supply.

and 2 others:
Mike Crapo
Crapo
Tommy Tuberville
Tuberville
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense · MN

Has not taken prominent public positions on housing policy.

and 1 other:
Chris Wright
Wright
Chris Wooten
Chris Wooten
State Representative, District 44 · SC

Chris Wooten has a nuanced position on key aspects of housing & affordability policy.

and 1 other:
Chris Wooten
Wooten
Courtney Jackson
School Board President, Albuquerque Public Schools · NM

Courtney Jackson has not taken a strong public position on Housing & Affordability.

Xóchitl Gaytán
School Board President, Denver Public Schools · CO

Xóchitl Gaytán has not taken a strong public position on Housing & Affordability.

Opposes3396

Bill Devlin
ND State Representative, District 23 · ND

Estimated from republican party platform

and 804 others:
Shimizu
Geymann
Graves
James Buck
Buck
Prax
Doyle Heffley
Doyle Heffley
State Representative · PA

Estimated based on republican party platform

Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
U.S. Representative · VA

Favors market-based housing solutions.

and 19 others:
Frank Lucas
Lucas
Troy Balderson
Balderson
Michael McCaul
McCaul
Matt Van Epps
Epps
Mike Turner
Turner
Eli Crane
Eli Crane
U.S. Representative · AZ

Opposes federal housing programs.

and 14 others:
Alex Mooney
Mooney
Keith Self
Self
Ben Cline
Cline
Glenn Grothman
Grothman
Ronny Jackson
Jackson
Mike Waltz
Mike Waltz
U.S. Representative · FL

Prefers market solutions.

Dusty Johnson
Dusty Johnson
U.S. Representative · SD

Favors market-based housing solutions over federal programs.

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