Democrats are facing the reality of a quickly changing news cycle and no power in Washington in the new Trump era. It makes bringing attention to individual issues, like housing, much harder.
They acknowledge that, but said they’re exploring the options they do have to try to keep housing issues in the broader discourse: They’re forming caucuses, introducing legislation and trying to partner with nonprofit and constituent groups for events like rallies.
“Democrats can’t do it alone,” Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman told NOTUS. “We need people out there in the communities to be speaking up on the need for housing and the responsibility of the government to ensure that people are not homeless.”