Harris-Walz Campaign Launches Housing Blitz in the Battlegrounds

From the Harris-Walz campaign:

This week, Team Harris-Walz is holding events across key states as part of our campaign’s comprehensive ad and outreach blitz to help tell the Vice President’s personal story and to share her plans to lower housing costs directly with voters. The events complement a new ad, “Full House,” airing this week in battlegrounds to drive the same message.

At more than 20 events across the states, leaders like U.S. Senator Tina Smith, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Nevada state Treasurer Zach Conine, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, Tempe Mayor Corey Woods and other trusted local voices will highlight the stark contrast between Vice President Harris’ plan to bring down the cost of renting and owning a home and Trump’s Project 2025 agenda that would drastically raise housing prices on American families.

These events will focus on cities and communities who face the biggest housing challenges and underscore the contrast at the center of this election: Vice President Harris is running to lower costs and end the housing shortage, while Donald Trump has a long history of exploiting tenants as a landlord, upholding racist housing practices, and giving handouts to wealthy real estate developers while working to jack up rent for working- and middle-class Americans.

Examples include:

• Savannah, Georgia: Press conference on Tuesday at 11:00am ET with Chatham County District 6 Commissioner Aaron Whitely, Georgia state Senator Derek Mallow, and Interim CFO and COO of Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity Monisha Johnson-Scott.
• Charlotte, North Carolina: Roundtable event on Wednesday at 10:00am ET with Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Charlotte City Councilmember At-large Dimple Ajmera, Mecklenburg County Commissioner Susan Rodriguez-McDowell, North Carolina state Representative Brandon Lofton, Bishop Dwayne A. Walker, Charlotte resident and first-time homebuyer Christopher Capel, and Charlotte resident and Habitat for Humanity homeowner Kee’a Carroll.
• Jacksonville, Florida: Press conference on Wednesday at 10:30am ET with Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, Florida state Senator Tracie Davis, Jacksonville City Councilman Rahman Johnson, and a Jacksonville resident and first-time homebuyer.
• Las Vegas, Nevada: Event on Wednesday at 10:30am PT with U.S. Representative Dina Titus, Las Vegas City Councilmember Olivia Diaz, and Culinary Union Local 226 member and Nevada Assembly candidate Linda Hunt.
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Press conference on Wednesday at 11:00am ET with Pennsylvania state Senator Vincent Hughes, Philadelphia City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas, Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council Business Manager Ryan N. Boyer, and Philadelphia community members.
• Reno, Nevada: Press conference on Wednesday at 11:00am PT with Nevada state Treasurer Zach Conine, AFL-CIO Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Northern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council Rob Benner, and local advocates.
• Virginia: Virtual press call on Wednesday at 12:30pm ET with U.S. Representative Don Beyer, Virginia House of Delegates Majority Leader Charniele Herring, Virginia Delegate Alfonso Lopez, and Alexandria City Councilman John Taylor Chapman.
• Rochester, Minnesota: Housing event on Wednesday at 1:30pm CT with Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, U.S. Senator Tina Smith, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minnesota state Representative Mike Howard.
• Orlando, Florida: Press conference on Thursday at 10:30am ET with State Senator-elect Carlos Guillermo Smith, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, and former Kissimmee Mayor and candidate for State House Jose Alvarez.
• Denver, Colorado: Event on Thursday at 10:30am MT with Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Colorado state Representative Manny Rutinel, and Denver City Councilwoman Jamie Torres.
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Press conference on Thursday at 11:00am ET with Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor and local leaders.
• Tucson, Arizona: Roundtable on Thursday at 11:30am MT with Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, Tucson City Councilmember Lane Santa Cruz, and housing advocates.
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Press conference on Thursday at 12:00pm ET with Pennsylvania state Representative Justin Fleming, Harrisburg City Councilmember Lamont Jones, Chris “Handles” Franklin, and local affordable housing advocates.
• Asheville, North Carolina: Roundtable event on Thursday at 1:30pm ET with Asheville Mayor Esther E. Manheimer, North Carolina state Representative Caleb Rudow, Buncombe County Commissioner Amanda Edwards, Buncombe County Commissioner Parker Sloan, North Carolina state House candidate Brian Turner, and affordable housing advocates Geoffrey Barton and Monique Pierre.
• Omaha, Nebraska: Event on Thursday at 2:00pm CT with local leaders.
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Event on Friday at 10:00am CT with U.S. Representative Gwen Moore and local leaders.
• Detroit, Michigan: Event on Friday at 11:00am ET with Mayor Mike Duggan and local housing advocates.
• Madison, Wisconsin: Event on Friday at 11:45am CT with Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and local housing advocates.
• Tempe, Arizona: Press conference on Friday at 1:30pm MT with Tempe Mayor Corey Woods, Mesa City Councilwoman Jenn Duff, and local leaders.