Teachers, first responders, young families, and other working Texans need more affordable housing options. Jordan Wheatley supports exploring incentives, grants, and tax credits that help communities encourage starter homes and missing-middle income housing, including duplexes, townhomes, and other options between single-family homes and large apartment complexes. He supports preventing corporate investors from buying up and renting out new homes, pricing working families out of homeownership.

He also believes the state can help communities overcome barriers to new housing by investing in essential infrastructure, including water systems and roads.

Jordan believes Texas must address its housing shortage without unnecessarily doing what SB 840 does, undermine local control.  Jordan will listen to local leaders and residents who understand their communities’ needs. State and local governments should work together, with local leaders and residents having a  meaningful voice in decisions that affect their communities.