84岁的Henry Etzkowitz参与帕洛阿尔托市议会竞选，提出多项措施，包括帮助老年人应对房租上涨、为特定人群提供住房、实施租金控制、建设特定人员住房、禁止斯坦福大学在当地购房、改造商业建筑为居住场所、建设含日托中心的新住房以及创建城市森林等。

💡Henry Etzkowitz认为住房是人权，城市应为城市员工、教师、咖啡师等提供住房，并为帕洛阿尔托居民的子女预留20%的住房。他主张对老年人实施租金上限，居住15年后不允许涨租，租金限制在租户收入的四分之一。

🏠他希望在斯坦福研究园为学生、教师和斯坦福员工建造住房，并禁止斯坦福在帕洛阿尔托购买房屋。他还提议将空的商业建筑改造成居住阁楼，新住房应包含日托中心。

🌳Etzkowitz赞成在靠近101号高速公路的圣安东尼奥土地上创建一个带有果园的城市森林。

Henry Etzkowitz, who said he led a successful pushback against an expected rent increase at the Stanford Oak Creek Apartments in 2022, has jumped into the Palo Alto City Council race on a platform that includes measures to help seniors deal with rising rents.

Etzkowitz, 84, said in a statement sent to the Post that he believes housing is a human right and the city must provide housing for “city employees, teachers, baristas, near services e.g. California Avenue, Stanford Shopping Center, University Avenue” and set aside 20% of it for the children of Palo Alto residents.

He favors a “rent cap for seniors.” Rent caps is a euphemism for rent control. He said he wouldn’t allow any rent increases after 15 years residency, and rents would be limited to one-quarter of a tenant’s income.

He said he wants to build housing for students, faculty and Stanford employees in the Stanford Research Park. He also wishes to ban Stanford from buying up houses in Palo Alto. He said empty commercial buildings should be converted to living lofts. He said new housing should include day care centers.

He said he favors creating an “urban forest, with orchards, on San Antonio Lands near Highway 101.”

Etzkowitz will be entering an increasingly crowded field of candidates seeking four openings on the council. Others announced candidates include incumbent Pat Burt, four planning commissioners — George Lu, Keith Reckdahl, Doria Summa and Cari Templeton — and Human Relations Commission member Katie Causey. The deadline to enter the race is Aug. 15.