Promoting Urban Development

Many candidates have ideas for promoting urban development, but I have been actively involved in trying to help rebuild my community rather than just merely talking about it. I have worked with an organization which rehabs old houses for resale. We buy houses, fix them up, and put them back on the market again. With many houses, this can be done profitably. At this time, we have worked on several houses in our neighborhood, but we only have the resources to work on one at a time. As a congressman, I would like to start a program like this which could be involved in fixing up hundreds of old houses in our community and potentially employ hundreds of people involved in helping to fix them up. This would lead to more urban renewal, lower unemployment, and more people owning their own homes. I have worked with people who were involved with Habitat for Humanity, Trickle Up, and organizations with similar goals. With your support, we can make it happen.