NEW REPORT DETAILS OCASIO-CORTEZ'S TWO HOUSING BILLS WOULD DELIVER 235,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES AND 31,000 JOBS A YEAR TO NEW YORK

Washington, June 10 -- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued the following press release:

A major new report released today by The Action Lab, New York University's Urban Democracy Lab, and the Climate and Community Institute makes the case for innovative Federal programs to help solve New York State's deepening housing crisis and generate sustained economic growth.

The report, A Federal Solution to New York's Housing Crisis: The Case for the Green New Deal for Public Housing and the Homes Act, analyzes two pieces of federal legislation sponsored by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) -- the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act (GND4PH) and the Homes Act -- and finds that together they would deliver 235,000 units of ...