Housing for All

Everyone deserves a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home. Yet millions of people across the country are living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to keep up with rising rents, or experiencing homelessness entirely. In CA-34, we see this crisis firsthand — from families forced to live in their cars to seniors being priced out of their longtime neighborhoods.

To tackle this crisis head-on, Angela is fighting for a federal housing system that prioritizes people, not profit. That means moving away from short-term fixes and investing in long-term solutions that treat housing as a human right. Angela grew up in Section 8 housing after her father was deported, and she knows what it takes to fight for a home in this city.

Expansion of Housing Choice Vouchers and Emergency Rental Assistance

Too many families wait years, even decades, for a Housing Choice Voucher. Angela supports fully funding and expanding the program so it becomes an entitlement available to every eligible household, not a lottery — alongside permanent, robust federal support for emergency rental assistance.

Federal Incentives for Permanently Affordable Housing

Federal incentives for developing and preserving permanently affordable, income-restricted housing protected from market speculation:

• Direct federal funding and tax incentives for nonprofit housing developers

• Conditioning federal housing funds on affordability guarantees

• Prioritizing local governments that commit to long-term affordability goals

• Expand Section 9 housing programs in Los Angeles 
  

Strong Support for Community Land Trusts

Significant federal investment in community land trusts (CLTs), which take housing out of the speculative market and put it into community hands:

• Direct seed funding to expand existing trusts and help new ones form

• Technical assistance and capacity-building grants

• Preferential access to surplus federal land for CLT use
  

Rapid Rehousing with Wraparound Services

National expansion of rapid rehousing programs addressing root causes, not just shelter:

• Mental health care, including trauma-informed therapy and substance use support

• Workforce development and job placement services

• Childcare and transportation assistance for families transitioning back into stable housing
  

A Proactive, Preventative Approach to Homelessness

A comprehensive federal review of homelessness risk factors, leading to:

• Early-warning systems using data from eviction courts, schools, and social services

• Emergency intervention programs for at-risk individuals and families

• Increased coordination between HUD, HHS, and local agencies

• Push back against criminalization of homelessness and laws that punish unhoused people for sleeping outside 
  

Additional federal mechanisms – 

• Repeal the Faircloth Amendment, the 1998 law that caps the growth of public housing, paired with direct construction funding, permanent affordability requirements, and an acquisition fund so existing affordable buildings can move into community land trusts, out of the speculative market

• Revise the Area Median Income (AMI) Index so "affordable" housing is actually affordable to families working two or three jobs

• Close the Opportunity Zone loophole that currently lets investors claim capital gains tax breaks with almost no requirement to build affordable units

• A legally-enshrined right to housing, and a right to an attorney in eviction court

• Federal investigation and prosecution of corporate landlords engaged in tenant harassment, fraud, or intentional neglect 

• Pushing back on the Trump Housing Bill

• HACLA and more Prop 9 housing
  

Housing is a right, not a commodity.