Issues

Floridians desperately need solutions to combat the rising costs of living. As rent and property insurance prices skyrocket while wages remain stagnant, Emily will fight to lower housing costs for Florida's hardworking families. She’s refused to take corporate donations, so we can trust her to stand up to corporate landlords that are driving up housing costs.

Florida was once known as an affordable place to live where families could thrive, yet since the pandemic, housing prices have increased dramatically. Instead of addressing the housing affordability crisis, DeSantis and his allies have given tax breaks to the developers, insurance companies, and utility companies who have helped turn our state into one of the least affordable places to live in the entire nation. Throughout her life, Emily has watched the neighborhoods that she grew up in become far too expensive for residents who have lived there for decades; the issue has particularly impacted her neighbors who are seniors on fixed incomes with no alternative options. 

To ensure the economic vitality of Florida’s communities, there must be affordable housing options in place for our workers and seniors. Emily will fight to limit rate increases on costs like utilities, rent, and property insurance, and she believes in establishing private-public partnerships for employer-assisted and corporate-supported housing, which can include down payment or rental assistance, homebuyer education and counseling, and low-interest mortgages so workers can live in the communities that employs them.