Green New Deal: AOC, Bernie Sanders team up on bill to modernize public housing

Posted on AllSides November 17th, 2019
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WASHINGTON – What do public housing and climate change have in common? The Green New Deal.

As part of the sweeping progressive program to confront global warming, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Thursday held a Capitol Hill news conference to unveil the first plank of the ambitious plan: a bill designed to make housing cheaper, safer and more environmentally friendly.

The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act would set aside $180 billion over 10 years to repair existing apartments, upgrade health and safety features and...

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/11/14/aoc-bernie-sanders-unveil-green-new-deal-bill-updating-public-housing/4190376002/

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