Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is at it again with his wild spending schemes that hurt working families. His so-called affordable housing plan is nothing more than a massive taxpayer-funded giveaway to his political friends. While hardworking Americans struggle to pay their bills, Johnson wants to spend over a billion dollars on failed government housing projects.
The numbers tell the real story about Johnson’s housing lies. Chicago only issued 4,039 new housing permits in 2024 while Houston built 52,000 new homes. Johnson even bragged about spending $1.1 million per housing unit before quickly deleting his embarrassing post. That kind of waste would make even the most corrupt politician blush.
Johnson’s Green Social Housing program is just another name for government-controlled housing that never works. The city plans to use $135 million from a massive $1.25 billion bond to create a new nonprofit that will own most of these buildings. This sounds exactly like the failed public housing projects that destroyed neighborhoods for decades.
The mayor claims he is fighting for working people, but his policies do the opposite. When government gets involved in housing, costs go up and quality goes down. Private developers know how to build homes efficiently, but Johnson wants bureaucrats making these decisions instead.
Chicago already has a massive shortage of affordable housing with over 126,000 missing rental homes. Johnson’s answer is more government spending and more red tape. Real solutions would cut regulations and let the free market work, not create new government agencies.
The timing of this housing push is suspicious when Chicago faces rising crime and budget problems. Johnson should focus on public safety and fiscal responsibility instead of wasteful housing experiments. Families need safe streets more than they need government-owned apartments.
This is what happens when voters elect far-left politicians who think government is the answer to everything. Johnson ran on promises he cannot keep while pushing socialist policies that have failed everywhere they have been tried. Chicago deserves better leadership that understands basic economics.
American cities need leaders who support free enterprise and limited government, not more bureaucracy and waste. Johnson’s housing scheme will fail just like every other government housing program before it. Hardworking taxpayers will foot the bill while politicians claim credit for helping the poor.
