I believe that my openness to listen and work with anyone, ability to take initiative, and my deep love of public service are all traits that would make for an excellent and effective representative.

Housing is, without a doubt, my top priority issue. I came to this conclusion after knocking on hundreds of doors and speaking directly with voters throughout the summer during my primary campaign. No matter who I spoke to–whether they were 21 or 93–housing consistently came up as their number one concern. This issue affects everyone in Stamford. The reality is clear: housing has become far too expensive and too hard to find. After researching and listening, I believe a major culprit is the lack of supply. When there aren’t enough places for people to live, whether for rent or purchase–prices go up. And we are the ones who pay the price.
High rents and inflated home prices aren’t just personal burdens, they limit economic growth. People have less money to spend at our local businesses because more of their paycheck is going to rent or their mortgage. And worse, long-time Stamford residents and residents on a fixed income feel like they’re being priced out of the very community they’ve helped build. NIMBY policies have a huge economic burden that our residents shouldn’t have to bear.
We need to act with urgency. We need zoning & permitting reform, increased housing supply, and a market that supports renters and first-time buyers. Our goal should be stable, competitive rents and more opportunities for home ownership. Stamford must be a city where everyone can afford to live and thrive economically.

I support the rewriting of Stamford’s long-term plan. I believe that community and neighborhood input is very important during this process. Prioritizing that we are investing longterm in and fully funding our infrastructure and schools is an important way to ease any growing pains that come from allowing more housing to be built. We can do this in part by diversifying city revenue streams so that we are not over reliant on property and car taxes. I also believe at the local level we should be encouraging the State of Connecticut to invest more in Stamford’s transit and infrastructure– which would also support further housing growth in the city.

I fully support the city’s Affordable Housing Trust. As a representative I would support increasing the amount of yearly revenue that the fund receives in an effort to increase the scale and number of below market rate housing units that are available to Stamford residents. I would also support diversifying the funds revenue streams.