The Globe reported that Congress finally put aside partisanship to confront sky-high housing costs and act (“Congress finds common ground on Warren-backed housing bill,” Page A1, June 24). Senator Elizabeth Warren deserves real credit for leading this bill, in a Republican-controlled Congress no less, that will actually help families trying to buy a home. It will mean more supply, and new restrictions on Wall Street and private equity firms swallowing up single-family houses and driving up prices.
So it was disappointing to see that only one member of our Massachusetts delegation was missing when it mattered: Representative Seth Moulton. Moulton, who is running for the Senate seat held by Ed Markey, said housing is a human right on his campaign website, and that there should be a ban on private equity “scooping up homes.” Yet when Congress had a rare bipartisan chance to put that into law, he was absent — the only member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation not recorded as voting yes.
If the American Dream of affordable housing and owning a home is truly one of Moulton’s top priorities, showing up for a major bipartisan housing vote should be a bare minimum requirement.
Jillian Earp Durand, Esq.
Danvers