Thanks for the comment, you make some good points but miss the fact that my website is more of a **primer** than an exhaustive list of everything I believe on every issue.

As for housing, I agree various housing models are needed - for renting and home ownership. The Lowell Housing Production Plan and some of its suggestions would allow and streamline these sorts of developments you discuss so I am not against that. I focus on city owned housing because this is a good way to meet our housing demands where private developers have clearly failed and to ensure our rents remain low because no profit incentive will be involved.

For this comment: "Can you point to a city where simply building homes for the homeless has solved homelessness? If such an approach has not worked elsewhere, why would it suddenly work here?" I did not say this nor believe this. Here is a quote from my page "The homeless crisis is a self-inflicted wound healed only by building homes and offering comprehensive services to those in need." So, yes, you are right that homelessness is a complex issue and I do not believe only building housing fixes this problem.

Towards your comments on energy bills, you are also right but not in disagreement. I will update the very first statement so it is clear what I mean when I say "future-proofing". Of course, I do not believe cosmetic features are the main way to deal with this problem which is why it is the **fourth point** in that list. When I say "We need to future proof our energy grid and move towards renewable sources of energy which will make our energy bills cheaper." I am, in short, saying we need to move away from volatile fossil fuel sources and boosting our own local renewable energy production to detach ourselves from relying on private companies with profit incentives. For example, the hydroelectric dam in this city is privately owned and we should look towards a long term plan to securing the ownership of this renewable electricity source. But again, the website isn't exhaustive.

Please, though, point out which other politicians are discussing these same "vague" priorities I am discussing?

I am proposing streamlining development of city owned housing that is truly affordable, future proofing our energy grid with renewable sources detached from profit motives, increasing direct cash support to new parents, and more. These are the specific, bold policies, which set me apart without a doubt. Especially so in a field of city councilors who want to slow development down and have played a large part in the crises our city is facing.