"The biggest issue facing Boston residents is undoubtedly housing and the cost of living. Our communities are being displaced at an alarming rate. On the Council, we have a responsibility to push for stronger accountability from developers and city agencies to ensure that affordable housing commitments are actually met. We must also expand tenant protections, explore rent control, and invest in pathways to homeownership that allow working families to build generational wealth."
"I also believe that a lack of transparency and accessibility in city government is a major issue. Too often, residents feel shut out of the decision-making process. If people were able to more easily express their concerns, access information, and see how their input shapes policy, we would be able to move the needle on all issues in a positive direction."
"Unlike the other candidates in this race, I refuse to accept or give political endorsements. This is a principle I hold because I believe elected officials should be accountable only to the people they serve - not to other politicians or political power brokers. I also have lived the realities that many Bostonians face. Having grown-up low-income with an undocumented mother affords me the empathy necessary to move with urgency around the issues our residents face."
Housing affordability and the rising cost of living are causing community displacement across the city. The City Council must demand stronger accountability from developers and city agencies to ensure affordable housing commitments are fulfilled. Expanding tenant protections, exploring rent control, and investing in homeownership pathways can help working families build generational wealth. City government lacks transparency and accessibility, which leaves residents feeling excluded from decision-making. Creating easier channels for expressing concerns, accessing information, and seeing how input shapes policy would improve outcomes. Refusing political endorsements aims to prioritize accountability to residents, informed by lived low-income experience with an undocumented mother.
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