Democrats push bill linking public transit to affordable housing

ATLANTA -- Public transit projects for the first time would receive federal funding based on their connectivity to affordable housing under legislation proposed Friday by several members of Georgia’s congressional delegation.

The Public Transportation Expansion Act is sponsored in the Senate by Georgia Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives include Democratic Reps. Nikema Williams of Atlanta, Carolyn Bourdeax of Suwanee and Hank Johnson of Stone Mountain.

The bill would establish a federal grant program to fund public transportation expansion to serve low-income communities and connect affordable housing with transit networks.

It also, for the first time in decades, would let large transit systems use federal funds for operating expenses. ...............(more)

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