Families in District 39 are doing everything right—working hard, budgeting, and still getting squeezed by groceries, housing, utilities, and insurance. Tanya Lakins is focused on practical, bipartisan affordability: cutting taxes on essentials, lowering monthly bills, and making it easier for working families and seniors to stay in the community they built.

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This isn’t about partisan talking points. It’s about common-sense choices: stop taxing necessities, reduce hidden cost drivers, and build the kind of local economy where paychecks stretch further and small businesses can keep their doors open.

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Tanya’s affordability agenda focuses on the biggest pressure points:

1. Lower everyday costs by cutting taxes on essentials and pushing policies that directly reduce monthly bills.

2. Housing that working families can actually afford—more attainable options for teachers, trades, first responders, and young families who want to stay close to work and school.

3. Utility fairness and transparency so families aren’t stuck paying for charges that don’t improve reliability or service.

4. Protecting seniors and disabled veterans from being priced out as property taxes and housing costs rise.

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Legislation Tanya would support

• SB 1252: end the remaining state sales tax on groceries—direct relief at the checkout line.

• SB 842: exempt diapers from sales tax—help for parents and caregivers.

• SB 404: first-time homebuyer help tied to rehabbing eligible properties.

• SB 1105: workforce housing investment tools to expand attainable housing stock.

• SB 1714 / SB 1716: curb unfair utility bill increases and protect families from rate structures that drive costs up.