Santa Fe can't afford to be a resort community but that is what is happening. So many of our businesses and restaurants are struggling to find people to hire and it's because we are missing our middle. Specifically, affordable housing that those workers need to be able to live and work here. City government in Santa Fe has a long history of supporting the creation of affordable housing including section 8, affordable (30% and 80% of the Area Median Income) and attainable. This platform guarantees Santa Fe returns to at least the levels of buildout happening over a decade ago and creates a pathway for more in the future. As a board member of Habitat for Humanity & someone who lives in a unit formerly acquired by Habitat in the 1980s with funding from the city - I know more is needed & unless the city steps in, we will never have enough affordable units or any section 8 housing. Just to put it in perspective - there have been 4,328 applications for single-family homes/additions submitted since 2019. Out of those only 1,692 came to fruition but less than 100 were affordable. I've got a plan to go after funding, cut red tape, streamline permitting and establish real standard operating procedures to ensure affordable units are not waiting 3-5 years to be built. Along with bringing back our missing middle, we also must start to include senior housing assistance and senior living facilities since that is the population struggling the most to stay here.