Jordan Wright talks about housing policy and where we go from here
“Eviction is a horrible thing for all parties involved,” said Jordan Wright, whose campaign slogan is about connecting the old and new Harlem. “It begets another problem of what happens next because we already have a short stock of housing as it is, now we have more people who are looking for housing.”
Wright said if elected to office he would advocate for the Housing Access Voucher Program, which is aimed towards addressing homelessness; the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) that makes a path for tenants to buy their buildings from landlords if they can; and the right to counsel programs.
“There are property owners and homeowners who own buildings of all shapes and sizes in varying terms of affordability and we need to be understanding that this would impact all of them in different ways,” said Wright about Good Cause.
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