What is Paige Cognetti's platform on housing affordability?

Paige Cognetti has directly tackled housing affordability in Scranton — slashing permit fees, cutting red tape, and streamlining the permitting process, resulting in nearly 1,000 new homes and more than 10,000 building permits in three years. She plans to apply this approach at the federal level: cutting outdated federal permitting requirements that slow construction, supporting local builders over luxury developers, rolling back tariff policies that raise the cost of building materials, and holding absentee landlords accountable.

She also supports antitrust enforcement in real estate to restore competition and reduce corporate consolidation that has driven up rents. Her goal is straightforward: working families should be able to afford to live in the communities they call home.