Platform

  • Raleigh has quickly changed from one of the most affordable cities in the US to one of the most expensive in the South. We have over 78,000 low-income households. 50,000 of those households are cost-burdened by HUD standards (meaning they spend >30% of their household income on a mortgage or rent). We must create policies that more effectively incentivise the creation of affordable units and protect our neighbours who live in existing affordable homes.

    How We Get There

    • Evolving our zoning laws to encourage the development of more affordably priced and affordably sized homes and apartments.

    • Fully investing in affordable housing preservation funds and creating policies that encourage the protection of existing affordable units.

    • Re-investing in public housing and community land trusts.

    • Providing clear affordability frameworks and guidelines so housing providers know how to contribute to both our affordable housing stock and local housing funds.

    • Raleigh is a city for everyone. Our land use and development ordinances should reflect this.

  • Raleigh has seen incredible growth. But for everyone to thrive, we need more housing that is permanently affordable, to protect our existing affordable housing stock, build streetscapes that are safe, and quality public spaces where neighbors can connect with one another and build community. We also must ensure local small businesses have spaces where they can afford to operate and continue to make up the fabric of our City.

    How We Get There

    • Ensure new development is designed for pedestrians, transit-riders, and bicyclists, and that it incorporates public amenities like neighborhood parks, better tree cover, and traffic slowing design that make our neighborhoods sustainable, livable, and inclusive.

    • Grow the citywide stock of permanent affordable housing and protect and support our existing affordable housing.

    • Create better city codes that encourage affordable sized development, along with central density

    • Enhance and expand our parks and recreation options, especially for our young people. Amend Raleigh's laws to ensure new developments incorporate public greenways and parks within a five-minute walk of all new homes.

    • Fight for a system of small area planning in Raleigh that recognizes and bring out the best in each of our unique neighborhoods.

    • Fully invest in our CACs and create new avenues for the community to engage directly with City Staff, developers, and with our Council.

    • Continue to overhaul the city's street design requirements and procedures to create safe, convenient, and comfortable bus, bike, and pedestrian options.

    • Build ordinances that intentionally prioritize locally owned small businesses in new commercial spaces.

  • As changing climate and our growing city continue to evolve, it has never been more important to invest in greener transportation infrastructure. We ensure a better future for our children and their children by aggressively working to build better pedestrian, bicycle, and public transit options.

    How We Get There

    • As Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) begins to be rolled out in Raleigh, we must continue to ensure that our working class neighbors are centered in the conversation of public transit. Ensuring that people like nurses, teachers, public servants, and service industry workers can afford to thrive along our BRT lines will be pivotal to its success.

    • Continue to invest in GoRaleigh and GoTriangle.

    • Make Raleigh’s fare-free public transit permanent.

    • Work toward a future where all bike lanes are protected bike lanes.

    • Set aggressive goals to curb traffic, pedestrian, and cycling accidents.

    • Plan housing developments that aim to shorten commute times/lengths, reduce car dependency, and ensure our people can live close to where they live, work, and play.

  • Local government plays an outsized and under-appreciated role in our day to day lives. We must ensure our local public servants are paid living wages, take every step available to ensure property taxes are fairly levied, and be on the forefront of the best approaches to public safety.

    How We Get There

    • Pay living wages to all City workers, ensure competitive salaries to our emergency service workers, invest in proven intervention programs, implement the HEART Program, and support comprehensive long-term approaches to crime reduction.

    • Find ways to give back to our seniors, retirees, and low income neighbors who are at risk of being priced out and displaced by high property taxes

    • Maintain and expand high quality infrastructure and service delivery while promoting long term fiscal balance.

  • Local government has the power to address the major challenges facing our environment today: unsafe drinking water, loss of farmland and public recreation space, destruction of forests, and out of control sprawl (just to name a few). I will lead on these environmental issues and more, creating a healthy, clean and beautiful city for everyone.

    How We Get There

    • Develop a bold multi-jurisdictional climate action plan that involves cities and counties around the region.

    • Increase tree cover requirements in our development ordinances.

    • Stop developing in protected watersheds.

    • End unsustainable sprawl once and for all and reorient our growth away from solely car travel.

    • See through our Community Climate Action Plan and continue to build out new policy that shortens commute times/lengths, reduces car dependency, and ensures our most vital workers can live close to where they live, work, and play.