2024 RI Senate race: on Welfare & Poverty


Allen Waters: Affordable Housing in America is in a crisis

Q: What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

A: Affordable Housing in America is in a crisis for too many citizens. Many states support private and publicly owned rental properties, which creates cash flow and financial equity for owners, and saddles tenants with rental and lease payments, often extremely high for the average wages of the local area because units are in short supply in a competitive rental marketplace. Waters for Congress 2024 (U-RI) supports cooperative (co-op) housing in which the tenants do not own their units, but own shares of the corporation that owns the building. This especially gives credit qualified poor to working class tenants ownership "skin in the game' that helps to build personal wealth instead of owners receiving all of the owner benefits.

Source: Candidate Connection on 2024 Rhode Island Senate race Aug 8, 2024

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Candidates and political leaders on Welfare & Poverty:
Candidates for President & Vice-President:
V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA)
Chase Oliver(L-GA)
Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA)
Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL)
Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH)
Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN)
Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)
2024 presidential primary contenders:
Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE)
N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R)
N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R)
Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R)
S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R)
Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R)
Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN)
Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH)
S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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