Her agenda includes "addressing the cost of housing".
Address the cost of housing.
Occurrences
Kristen works with pragmatic leaders from both parties to lower the cost of groceries, housing and prescription drugs, and to invest in child care.
Her top priorities include ... lowering the cost of ... housing ...
working tirelessly to make housing more affordable
eliminate unfair tax breaks for private equity and large investors that give them a competitive advantage over families in the housing market
“We need to fix the housing crisis and break down the barriers that hold rural families back,” said Congresswoman McDonald Rivet. “Our bill will make thousands of American homes eligible for farm credit loans, bringing those families one step closer to making their dream of homeownership a reality.”
We need to fix the housing crisis and break down the barriers that hold rural families back. Our bill will make thousands of American homes eligible for farm credit loans, bringing those families one step closer to making their dream of homeownership a reality.
Evidence
Her top priorities include cutting taxes for the working and middle class, lowering the cost of groceries, housing, prescription drugs, and childcare, and bringing good-paying jobs to mid-Michigan.
McDonald Rivet and Huizenga introduced the FARM Home Loans Act of 2025, which would raise the population limit for rural housing assistance from 2,500 to 10,000 and make thousands of homes eligible for farm credit loans.
This bipartisan legislation would improve housing affordability in rural communities by updating the definition of a rural community and providing greater accessibility to affordable financing options.
McDonald Rivet said the Affordability Agenda includes ideas like stopping Wall Street from buying up homes and farms and is meant to lower the cost of housing, groceries, and utilities.
The grants will enable the Youth Protection Council to offer more housing, improve case management services, increase efforts to prevent homelessness before it happens, and launch a new street outreach program to at-risk youth.
Assessments
As of the available evidence, Kristen McDonald Rivet has actively pursued housing-affordability measures in office, including introducing or backing legislation and related funding actions, but there is no evidence that housing costs were actually reduced or that the broader promise was fulfilled. This fits a serious but unsuccessful effort rather than completed delivery.
McDonald Rivet has taken concrete same-term actions related to housing costs, including introducing bipartisan rural housing affordability legislation, backing an affordability agenda with housing measures, and announcing federal funding for youth housing and homelessness services. The evidence shows meaningful advocacy and targeted action, but not full delivery of the broad promised outcome of addressing housing costs through enacted or demonstrably effective policy.