今年民主党领袖愿意在住房问题上与共和党妥协。但一个日益壮大的左翼派别希望他们少做让步。
Democratic leaders were willing to compromise with Republicans on housing this year. A rising left-flank wants them to make fewer concessions.
民主党希望在2028年总统大选前推出强有力的住房负担得起信息，但他们无法就信息内容达成一致。
Democrats want a strong housing affordability message ahead of the 2028 presidential election. But they can’t agree on what it should be.
国会山上的温和派和民主党领袖专注于增加私人房地产开发——这是今年主要两党住房法案的目标。但一个即将到来的极左派系正在推动可能使重复这种跨党合作变得复杂的政策。他们希望政府加强干预，形式为更强有力的联邦租户保护和增加对公共住房的投资。
Moderates and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are focused on increasing private real estate development — a target of this year’s major bipartisan housing law. But an incoming far-left faction is pushing for policies that could complicate efforts to repeat that cross-party collaboration. They want more government intervention in the form of stronger federal tenant protections and higher investment in public housing.
“为了让我们在这些项目上真正推动进展，必须对那些一直持抵制态度的议员施加公众压力，”科罗拉多州第1国会选区美国民主社会主义者背书的提名人梅拉特·基罗斯说。“我们此刻真正缺乏的——不是资源，不是时间。是政治意愿。” 这种即将到来的党内辩论恐怕会搅乱民主党的住房议程；民主党表示，如果他们明年夺得参众两院中一院或两院的控制权，就需要兑现这一议程。
“In order for us to meaningfully push the needle on a lot of these programs, there has to be public pressure applied to some of these members that have been resistant,” said Melat Kiros, the Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed nominee in Colorado’s 1st congressional district. “All that we lack, really, in this moment — it’s not resources, it’s not time. It’s the political will.”The coming intra-party debate threatens to muddle a housing agenda Democrats say they’ll need to deliver if they capture control of one or both chambers of Congress next year.
尽管预计民主社会主义候选人在即将到来的选举周期中只能赢得少数众议院席位，但他们希望与其他进步派和民粹倾向的议员建立联盟，这可能会使两党住房谈判复杂化。
Although democratic socialist candidates are only expected to take a handful of House seats in the upcoming cycle, they’re hoping to build coalitions with other progressive and populist-minded members, potentially complicating bipartisan housing negotiations.