I'm not against socialized housing, I think it's great. The issue being that being for it, thinking it is a good policy and actually being able to implement it in a US city are very different things. Mayor's aren't emperors, they can't just decide to raise taxes and build housing they have to work with the systems we have in place and... Well, color me extremely skeptical that a mayor can force through socialized housing.

There's lots of stuff they do better in other countries I'd love to have here, but I'm not going to get all pissed off at local politicians when they can't fix systematic problems all by their lonesome.

So, yes, sure work towards it and advocate for the changes that make it possible, but that's a long term goal, not a mayor gets that done in a term or two goal.