Mathewos Samson
Mathewos Samson earned a high school diploma from Midtown High School. His career experience includes working as an engineer.
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Our Campaign Platform: “The status quo isn't working for our neighborhoods. We need a government that truly works for everyday working-class people, not just the billionaires and corporations.”
(Campaign website) Economy, jobs & cost of living: “Everyone deserves a safe and affordable home , but rising rents and property taxes are crushing working families and breaking up our neighborhoods. Corporate landlords are buying up single-family homes all across the state and driving up housing costs. I’ve watched my longtime Black neighbors get pushed out of Old Fourth Ward, where I grew up, my whole life as the area has been gentrified and developed without regard for the people who live here.”
(Campaign website) Economy, jobs & cost of living: “Housing is a human right, and we must guarantee affordable housing for all, through legalizing rent control, banning rental price-fixing , ending corporate ownership of single-family homes , and investing in deeply affordable social housing. We must ensure that Georgia holds landlords accountable by establishing a Tenants Bill of Rights and lifting the state ban on the establishment of rental registries. We must invest in our communities without displacing current residents, and when we invest, we must build affordable and dense housing so that those who have been forced to leave can come back home.”
(Campaign website) Abortion & reproductive rights: “We need to pass the Georgia Medicare for All Act , and establish a universal, single-payer healthcare system with no copays, no fees, no deductibles, and no premiums. We must treat abortion, birth control, and gender affirming care as essential components of health care , by lifting existing bans and encoding these rights to ensure that everyone has access to care no matter who they are. We deserve a functional, affordable, inclusive healthcare system where health is a right for every Georgian, not just the wealthy few, and where healthcare decisions are made between patients and their doctors–not by legislators.”
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