Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders Unveil ‘Green New Deal’ for Public Housing

Progressives are reviving the Green New Deal moniker as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), and others announced a Green New Deal for Public Housing Act to revamp and revitalize the country’s public housing. The legislation intends to “retrofit, rehabilitate, expand, and decarbonize the entire nation’s public housing stock” by spending an estimated $162 billion to $234 billion over 10 years in an attempt to both address America’s housing crisis and concerns over long-term climate impacts. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said the bill would confront the country’s “insane housing market” while speaking in the House Triangle at Capitol Hill on March 21....