Hamilton County should be a place where the people who work here can afford to live here.
Home prices in Hamilton County have climbed faster than wages for most of the last decade. Teachers, first responders, healthcare workers, and tradespeople, the people our community depends on, are commuting in from farther away every year because they can't afford to live near the schools and hospitals where they work. That's not a sustainable foundation for a county.
As a nurse, I've seen what housing instability does to families. It's not just a financial problem — it's a health problem, a school problem, and a community problem. Kids do worse in school. Adults skip medications and doctor visits. Seniors lose the neighbors they've known for decades.
On the County Council, I'll:
- Use the county's budget and bonding authority to invest in infrastructure that supports a wider range of housing.
- Partner with our cities and towns to align on attainable workforce housing for the people who keep Hamilton County running.
- Make property tax decisions with working families and seniors on fixed incomes in mind.
- Push for honest, public reporting on how county spending is, or isn't, moving the needle on housing costs
