Increase densities...
Dwight Evans will increase housing densities.
Occurrences
Evidence
Representatives Emilia Sykes and Dwight Evans introduced the Stop Predatory Investing Act to restrict tax breaks for big corporate investors that buy up homes, often driving up local housing prices and rents. Evans said he was proud to co-lead the bill and that the federal government should not subsidize large investors’ mass buying of single-family homes.
Evans says one of his main priorities is putting America’s middle neighborhoods back on top and that he will continue to support policies that strengthen neighborhoods block by block. The page also states that he has backed affordable-housing funding and other neighborhood investments, but does not show adoption of a density-increasing measure in the lookback window.
The bill text includes policy concepts such as ‘revising minimum lot size requirements and bans or limits on multifamily construction to allow for denser and more affordable development’ and ‘instituting incentives to promote dense development, such as density bonuses.’
Assessments
Available evidence shows Evans remained active on housing policy and co-led legislation addressing corporate home-buying and affordability pressures during the same term. However, the record provided does not show that he delivered or materially advanced a concrete policy that increased housing densities, such as enacted zoning reform, density bonuses, or multifamily-permitting changes attributable to him. Because there is related housing action but not clear fulfillment of the specific density-increase promise, partial credit is most appropriate.