Aaron Wolpert

Social Services I propose that we form a citizens’ board to facilitate cooperation and efficiencies among the various social service agencies. Infrastructure / Transportation I propose that the city form a mayor-appointed Transportation Commission that would absorb the current Parking Authority and take a fully comprehensive approach to all modes of transport in Covington. Housing As commissioner I’ll work with the tools we have to open up more affordable housing for those who need it most: 1) incentives for developers to build more infill housing, in particular on the many vacant lots held by absentee landowners; 2) more aggressive code and tax enforcement applied to absentee and problem landowners whose properties are unsafe or abandoned — we should take full advantage of the housing stock we already have; 3) expanded restrictions on short-term rentals, which in essence take housing out of circulation and so worsen the housing shortage; and 4) supporting the Housing Authority of Covington in its mission to distribute funding to families in need.