HOMELESSNESS FOREVER, BUILD 6 MILLION HOMES, CREATE 35 MILLION JOBS, AND RESTORE DIGNITY TO EVERY FAMILY
Sacramento, California – February 2026
This morning, on the sun-drenched steps of the Governor’s Mansion, four of the most enduring progressive leaders of our time did not merely speak.
They drew a line in history.
Former President Barack Obama, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Senator Bernie Sanders stood together — not as politicians seeking applause, but as architects of a new American covenant.
They unveiled the American Homes & Futures Initiative: a sweeping, battle-ready national plan to eradicate chronic homelessness within a decade, construct 6 million permanently affordable and climate-resilient homes, generate 35 million high-quality union jobs, and dismantle the structural inequities that have turned shelter into a privilege rather than a right.
This is not another report gathering dust.
This is a unified declaration of war on despair — built on proven results, scaled with ruthless ambition, and fueled by an uncompromising moral clarity.
Obama opened with the quiet thunder that once steadied a fractured nation:
“Housing is not a commodity to be traded. It is the foundation of everything we claim to cherish: safe childhoods, stable families, productive work, vibrant communities, real democracy. When millions live one paycheck from the street, when veterans sleep under bridges they once defended, when children do homework in cars — we are not a wealthy country pretending to be poor. We are a wealthy country that has lost its way. Today we choose to find it again.”
Newsom, whose California has become both punching bag and proving ground, stepped forward with hard evidence:
“We’ve already done what skeptics said was impossible. Project Homekey housed tens of thousands in months. We’ve cut red tape, converted underused buildings, built modular at scale, prevented evictions at historic levels. California is no longer just the problem — we are living proof that bold, fast, humane action works. Today we take those tools national: zero excuses, maximum speed, maximum heart. Every state can win this fight.”
Walz, the heartland progressive who turned compassion into winning policy, spoke straight to forgotten places:
“This crisis isn’t confined to big cities. It’s in rural Minnesota, in dying small towns, in farm counties where kids leave because they can’t afford to stay. The solution must work in trailer parks and county seats, not just downtown towers. In Minnesota we fed every schoolchild, expanded paid leave, balanced budgets, and still moved forward boldly. That same practical progressivism can — and will — go coast to coast. We meet people where they live, create jobs where they are, and treat every family with the respect they deserve.”
Sanders closed with the righteous fire that has defined his life’s work:
“In the richest nation on Earth, no one should sleep on concrete while billionaires hoard obscene wealth. We have the money. We have the land. We have the skilled hands ready to build. What we’ve lacked is the courage to say — without apology that housing is a human right, a living wage is a human right, dignity is a human right. We’re taxing extreme wealth, closing corporate loopholes, redirecting windfall profits, and putting working people first. This isn’t radical. This is justice long overdue.”
The American Homes & Futures Initiative — Core Commitments
6 million new permanently affordable, net-zero-ready homes over 10 years: federal-state-local partnerships, modular factories at industrial scale, fast-track permitting, public land repurposed, strong anti-gentrification safeguards, community land trusts.
35 million high-quality, union-first jobs: construction, clean-energy retrofits, infrastructure, healthcare expansion, care economy, green manufacturing — with apprenticeships, just transitions, and wage standards that rebuild the middle class.
Permanent supportive housing as national default for chronic homelessness: integrated mental health, addiction recovery, trauma care, job training, income supports — “Housing First” scaled with proven cost savings and life-changing outcomes.
Equity embedded at every level: targeted investment in historically redlined neighborhoods, rural heartlands, Native communities, small towns hollowed by neglect — prioritizing women, people of color, veterans, formerly incarcerated.
Smart, sustainable funding: progressive taxation on ultra-wealth and profitable corporations, infrastructure bonds, public-private alignment, local empowerment — no top-down imposition, only community-guided solutions.
Immediate Action Announced
Nationwide virtual town halls begin next week
Open digital platform for public input and local adaptation launches immediately
Coordinated legislative blitz in Congress and every state capitol
Grassroots mobilization already underway — millions ready to organize, advocate, demand
In a time of cynicism and fracture, this image — four leaders from different generations, regions, and lanes of progressivism standing in unbreakable unity — pierced the noise like sunlight.
They brought proof, not promises.
Results, not rhetoric.
Moral urgency fused with practical competence.
As the event closed, Obama stepped forward one final time.
“We’re not asking for perfection,” he said. “We’re demanding persistence. We’re not waiting for permission. We’re delivering results. And we’re inviting every American who still believes this country can be better — who still believes we are better — to stand with us.”
The crowd — advocates, workers, organizers, families — erupted not in chants, but in resolve.
Because this was never just a policy rollout.
It was a national awakening.
America can still solve its hardest problems.
Progressives can still govern with both heart and competence.
The fight for housing justice, good jobs, and human dignity is no longer deferred.
It is here.
It is now.
And it will not be stopped.
The waiting ends today.
The building begins tomorrow.
The American Dream the real one is getting its second, unbreakable wind.
