Community Voice: Matthew Vorderstrasse

“One of the things that’s both exciting and also heartbreaking is the desperate need for housing. Most of housing authorities’ current units were built in the 70s-80s. Since then, there hasn’t been a lot of development and the community need has grown dramatically since then. So there’s a lot of opportunity on the horizon for new developments because there’s a lot of political will on the South Coast region for trying to get affordable housing built. Ultimately, we all deserve to have a safe place to be where we have a roof over our heads and our basic needs are being met.”