Housing Advocate Will Garcia Is Running for Mayor of Adrian

https://gandernewsroom.com/2021/02/12/exclusive-will-garcia-mayor-adrian/

"Garcia wants to have the city assume ownership of about 400 rental housing units and turn them into municipal housing. The local ordinance would then set the rent, overseen by a housing authority. That, he argues, would create competition that would drive down the cost of rent in Adrian, encourage better upkeep of rental properties, or both.
“Now, all of a sudden, all of these property developers have to compete,” he explained. “So if the city can rent apartments at $500, $550, and you’re renting apartments at $800, $850, that’s gonna change the market.“

This is a model called “social housing,” and it’s a key policy Garcia wants to pursue. Crucial to the model is that these units aren’t designed specifically as a means of housing assistance, but simply as housing operated as a city utility like water services, in open and fair competition with local property developers.

That’s one solution to make the city Garcia loves just a bit better, in his view. And those solutions are his great passion."

It would be nice to see a little Blue in Red Lenawee County