Julián Castro
On affordable Housing
**No Longer a Presidential candidate as of 1/2/2020**
PLANS + PROPOSALS|
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Former HUD Secretary and presidential candidate Julián Castro released his People First Housing Plan. Learn more about the plan here.
Julián Castro participates in IA Town Hall
Julián Castro participates in IA Town Hall
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Julián Castro on affordable housing - Iowa Event
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Julián Castro on affordable housing--Iowa Event--Lindsey Ellickson
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Julián Castro on affordable housing--Iowa Event--Councilwoman--3
DEBATE QUOTES|
EVENTS|
February 18, 2020
Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 and Nevada Hand host a resident voter educational session, learning about how to participate in the upcoming election cycle.
View photos from the event below!
June 15, 2019
Our Homes, Our Votes, Our Iowa and Iowa: Fight for $15 hosted a Town Hall from 2:00 -3:00 p.m. at Raygun in Cedar Rapids.
View photos from the event below!
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Julián Castro qualifies for September Democratic primary debates with new poll
(CNN) - Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro got his fourth qualifying poll on Thursday, meaning he has now met both the polling and fundraising thresholds to participate in the third Democratic primary debate in September.
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Presidential Hopeful Castro Pushes Housing Agenda in Iowa
WAUKEE, Iowa (CN) – Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro put on his hat as former head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in a visit Friday to an Iowa mobile home park where residents were recently stunned by rent increases by the new out-of-state owners
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CNN Town Hall Meeting with Democratic Presidential Candidate Julian Castro.
"And during this campaign, one of the things that I've called for is for us to invest in affordable housing. I bet you that if we went through the debate transcripts of the last 40 or 50 years, Democrat and Republican debates, that we wouldn't see one question that was about housing, even though today, in big cities and small towns, there is an affordability crisis. People are paying 50 percent, 60 percent, 70 percent of their income in rent, right? So what I learned, what I learned from my time at HUD was that we did a lot of great work. We reduced veteran homelessness in the Obama administration by almost half from 2010 to 2016. We did make sure that people could stay in their home. We made fundamental improvements to investing in communities. At the same time, I think we still need to do a lot more. And I look forward to doing that if I'm president."
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Julián Castro Says Affordable Housing is a Human Right
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Presidential candidate Julián Castro already made a visit to the Iowa State Fair, but he is continuing to campaign in Iowa.
Tuesday afternoon the former Housing and Urban Development secretary held a town hall meeting on affordable housing. Castro was joined by developers, community leaders and affordable housing advocates to address housing concerns in cities, suburbs and rural communities.
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Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro on Friday toured the flood tunnels underneath the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas, accompanied by local organizations working to end homelessness.
The former Housing and Urban Development secretary walked the city's storm tunnels where hundreds of individuals seek shelter, using his campaign platform to highlight the issue of homelessness in Nevada.
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People First Indigenous Communities Policy
The strength of our nation has always been our capacity to learn from our failures and work together towards a better future. For generations, Indigenous communities have been treated as second-class citizens rather than sovereign tribal nations free to determine their destiny. The federal government has repeatedly failed to honor treaty obligations, respect unique government-to-government relationships, and allowed corporations to exploit sacred land for their own profits.
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Former HUD Chief Makes Campaign Stop in Idaho: Julián Castro says bold solutions needed to tackle the affordability crisis.
“Everybody needs a decent place to live,” he said. “We need to make big investments in housing supply throughout our country—from significantly expanding the low-income housing tax credit to boosting things like Community Development Block Grants and HOME funds to boosting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s investment in rural housing opportunity and finding a better revenue source for things like the National Housing Trust Fund, which is aimed specifically at people categorized as extremely low income. I support all of those things.”
Videos|
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
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Castro on Fair Housing
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Castro on Gentrification
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Castro on nHTF
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Castro on Rent
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Julián Castro answer questions at National Education Association forum
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Julián Castro
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Castro #StrongPublicSchools Presidential Forum
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Julián Castro on affordable housing - Iowa Event
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Julián Castro on affordable housing--Iowa Event--Lindsey Ellickson
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Julián Castro on affordable housing--Iowa Event--Councilwoman--3
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Julián Castro on affordable housing--Iowa Event--Castro--5
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Julián Castro on affordable housing--Iowa Event--Q and A--5
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Julian Castro's full speech announcing that he's running for president Part 2
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Julian Castro's full speech announcing he's running for president Part 1
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Julián Castro on Affordable Housing (Part 1 of 3)
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Julián Castro on Affordable Housing (Part 2 of 3)
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Julián Castro on Affordable Housing (Part 3 of 3)
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Julián Castro on affordable housing--especially in rural areas New Hampshire Event
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Julián Castro on rental affordable housing--Iowa Event
Julián Castro on Fair Housing
NAACP Presidential Candidates Forum
Length: 1:33
Julián Castro on Gentrification
NAACP Presidential Candidates Forum
Length: 1:49
Julián Castro on the Housing Trust Fund
NAACP Presidential Candidates Forum
Length: 1:08
Julián Castro on Rent
NAACP Presidential Candidates Forum
Length: 1:26
Julián Castro answers questions at National Education Association Forum
Houston, TX
Length: 3:08
Julián Castro on affordable housing
UnidosUS
Length: 0:30
Julián Castro speaks at the #StrongPublicSchools Presidential Forum
Length: 2:30:31
Julián Castro on affordable housing (part 1)
Iowa Event
Length: 0:44
Julián Castro on affordable housing -- Lindsey Ellickson (part 2)
Iowa Event
Length: 0:44
Julián Castro on affordable housing -- Councilwoman (part 3)
Iowa Event
Length: 0:13
Julián Castro on affordable housing (part 4)
Iowa Event
Length: 9:32
Julián Castro on affordable housing -- Q&A (part 5)
Iowa Event
Length: 4:19
Julián Castro on the ensuring everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to live in this country
Campaign Rally
Length: 9 seconds
Julián Castro on the housing affordability crisis
Campaign Rally
Length: 54 seconds
Julián Castro on affordable housing (part 1)
New Hampshire Event
Length: 2:55
Julián Castro on affordable housing (part 2)
New Hampshire Event
Length: 1:24
Julián Castro on affordable housing (part 3)
New Hampshire Event
Length: 2:27
Julián Castro on affordable housing--especially in rural areas
New Hampshire Event
Length: 2:55
Julián Castro on rental affordable housing--Iowa Event
Iowa Event
Length: 0:47