BLUMENTHAL SPONSORS GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ACT TO SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADE PUBLIC HOUSING & CREATE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[HARTFORD, CT] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation that would take on the affordable housing crisis and the existential threat of climate change. The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act invests up to $234 billion over ten years to transition the entire public housing stock in the United States into zero-carbon, highly energy-efficient homes – dramatically improving living conditions for nearly 2 million people in public housing across the country. The legislation also creates up to 280,000 good-paying, union jobs per year, while reducing annual carbon emissions by roughly 5.7 million metric tons – the equivalent of taking over 1.26 million cars off the road. “We need to address both the climate and housing crisis through dramatic renovation,…
