Kansas City faces a critical shortage of affordable homes, with thousands of families paying more than half their income on rent or struggling with long waitlists for public housing. Residents of Missouri’s 4th Congressional district deserve affordable housing, and should not have to choose between paying their rent or putting food on the table, while developers and landlords continue to exploit them. Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortex introduced the Place to Proper Act which aimed to speed up affordable housing  and development by streamlining permits and cutting red tape. Although the bill stalled in Congress, what remains important is that across this great nation, and especially in Missouri’s 4th Congressional district, we need more affordable housing. We must advocate and work to create homes for healthcare workers, teachers, and other essential workers in our community.

As your Congressmember, I will:

• Strengthen the Low Income Housing Tax Credit

• Back the repeal of the Faircloth Amendment, allowing KC and other cities to expand public housing options for our vulnerable families.

• Fund the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund which  means reliable resources will be allocated to building new affordable housing in our neighborhoods, from Downtown Kansas City to our rapidly growing suburbs.

• Support federal investment to modernize and repair public housing. Too many families in Missouri's 4th Congressional district live in old units with unsafe conditions. 

• Advocate for funds and investments that create good-paying local jobs in maintenance and construction.

• Support initiatives like the Green New Deal for Public Housing to make homes carbon-neutral and energy-efficient, reducing emissions and lowering utility bills for families.

• Protect renters and homeowners in our community

• Work to stabilize rent and prevent the displacement of working-class families in MO-04 neighborhoods.

• Advocate for tenant protections that guarantee legal counsel during evictions. This is an urgent need to level the playing field and prohibit wrongful evictions in Missouri and Kansas City, where eviction rates have disproportionately impacted Black and immigrant renters.

• Support bans on source-of-income discrimination, to ensure landlords do not refuse renters simply because they use federal assistance and housing vouchers. 

• Expand housing access for low-income families across the district.

• I back extending tax relief and mortgage assistance programs to protect working and middle-class families from losing their homes.