Too Expensive to Stay Home

For too many people in District 19, staying in the community they love is getting harder every year. The cost of living keeps rising, but too many of our Legislators are ignoring the bills families have to pay.

Affordability is the front door to Suzanna Pavelle’s campaign because families cannot build a future here if they cannot afford to stay here. She is focused on the costs that hit closest to home: homeowners insurance, utility bills, and the rising cost of staying in the place you call home.

The Problem

In Northeast Florida, affordability is about more than groceries or gas. It is about whether working families, retirees, and first-time homeowners can afford to stay in their homes and plan for the future.

Homeowners insurance has become one of the clearest examples of a system that is not working for regular people. Families are paying more, worrying more, and getting less certainty in return.

At the same time, utility bills and the hidden costs of bad growth keep adding pressure. When flooding gets worse, infrastructure falls behind, and growth is not paying its own way, families end up paying the price.

This is where the broader campaign message begins: if people cannot afford to stay, the rest of the conversation does not matter.

Why This Matters

  • A home should be a source of security, not a source of constant financial stress.
  • Families should not be priced out of the communities they helped build.
  • Government should focus on lowering real household costs, not protecting special interests.

What Suzanna Will Fight For

Lower homeowners insurance costs

Homeowners insurance should not be pushing families out of their homes. Suzanna will make lowering insurance costs a top priority and push for practical solutions that reduce risk before families pay the price.

Support resilience and flood protection

Reducing flood risk is not just an environmental issue. It is an affordability issue. Suzanna supports practical flood-mitigation and storm-hardening efforts that protect homes, neighborhoods, and property values.

Stop shifting the costs of growth onto residents

When growth is poorly planned, current residents get stuck with the bill through higher taxes, infrastructure strain, and rising household costs. Suzanna will fight to make sure new growth pays for the demands it creates.

Reduce pressure from utility and energy costs

Families deserve a government that pays attention to monthly bills. Suzanna supports practical steps that improve reliability, reduce waste, and help families keep more of what they earn.

Keep the focus on everyday people

Affordability policy should be judged by one standard: does it make life easier for working families, seniors, and small-business owners in District 19?

Suzanna’s Commitments

  • Make lowering homeowners insurance costs a top priority
  • Support practical flood-protection and resilience measures
  • Require growth to pay its fair share instead of burdening current residents
  • Focus on utility and household costs that families feel every month

A District Families Can Afford to Call Home

People in this district work hard. They should be able to afford to stay here, raise a family here, retire here, and build a future here.

Suzanna is running to lower the costs that push people out, connect affordability to responsible growth, and fight for a District 19 where families can keep calling this community home.