ED HERMES FOR PHOENIX
City Council District 4
A Phoenix We Can Afford to Live In
Every Phoenician should be able to afford a safe, stable home near jobs, schools, transit, and community amenities. Housing is being bought up by big investment firms, leaving working families priced out of their own neighborhoods. Phoenix must do more to tackle the housing crisis through common sense reforms that make it easier to build housing, keep rents stable, increase homeownership opportunities, and provide protections for tenants facing eviction. On the Phoenix City Council, Ed will:
Tackle the housing shortage head-on by making it easier to build smaller, more affordable single-family homes, townhouses, and small-scale multifamily complexes
Create a city-run nonprofit land trust to rehab and resell abandoned and foreclosed properties and city-owned residences to first-time homebuyers who are Phoenix residents
Levy fees on long-vacant, blighted lots to discourage speculation and blight.
Ensure right to counsel for all tenants in Phoenix facing eviction to ensure fairness and justice for everyone involved by providing trained tenant support representatives
Encourage the Arizona State legislature to allow targeted, local rent-stabilization programs to stop steep rent increases
Increase accountability for short-term rentals and step up enforcement and fines for unregistered short-term rentals
Increase support for homeless individuals to get them off the street and into housing by increasing emergency shelter beds, fast-track permitting for nonprofit affordable housing projects, and expanding the Community Court to connect individuals with needed local social services
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