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The Architecture Lobby (TAL) is endorsing Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party primary contest. In a statement published to the group's website, TAL writes, "With this endorsement, we invite architectural workers to rise in the vision of a movement." Previously on... View full entry
New York City Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders have unveiled a bold initiative aimed at rejuvenating and decarbonizing the nation’s public housing stock. The visionary Green New Deal for Public Housing Act aims to bring sorely needed maintenance... View full entry
Sanders railed against Trump’s housing policies and explained his own, which calls for federal investment of $2.5 trillion over the next decade and a national rent control standard. He said he will pay for the policy by establishing a wealth tax on the top tenth of one percent — or, according to his estimate, the wealthiest 175,000 families. — The Washington Post
Major points of the $2.5 trillion plan include: Establishing a national rent control standard that would cap rent increases at no more than 1½ times the rate of inflation or 3 percent, whichever is higher.Promoting legal protections for fair housing and taking steps to eliminate racial... View full entry
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has unveiled a transformative Green New Deal climate action plan that aims to eliminate fossil fuel use in the United States entirely by 2050. Labeling the increasingly apparent effects of climate change “a national emergency,” Sanders seeks to... View full entry
