Fund repairs and make public housing energy-efficient

Ocasio-Cortez has called for $70 billion to repair public housing and an additional $10 billion specifically to remove lead. Her Green New Deal for Public Housing Act would transition the nation’s public housing stock into safe, habitable zero-carbon homes and, according to the platform, create 32,552 jobs per year in New York City.

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In their own words

Alexandria has called for $70 billion in funding to fix our nation’s crumbling public housing system.

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AOC's Platform

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