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Ben Carson moves to roll back Obama-era fair housing rule
Ben Carson moves to roll back Obama-era fair housing rule
Housing advocates warn the move will lead to communities "willfully blinding" themselves to patterns of segregation.
by Suzy Khimm / Aug.13.2018 / 6:01 PM ET
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/ben-carson-moves-roll-back-obama-era-fair-housing-rule-n900366
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is taking new steps to roll back an Obama-era rule intended to combat housing segregation.
On Monday, the Trump administration formally began the process of revamping a 2015 rule that required cities and towns to examine historic patterns of segregation and create plans to combat it, or lose federal funding.
The administration argued that the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule hinders the development of affordable housing.
The current rule is "suffocating investment in some of our most distressed neighborhoods that need our investment the most," Carson said in a statement. "We do not have to abandon communities in need."
Housing advocates warn the move will lead to communities "willfully blinding" themselves to patterns of segregation.
by Suzy Khimm / Aug.13.2018 / 6:01 PM ET
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/ben-carson-moves-roll-back-obama-era-fair-housing-rule-n900366
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is taking new steps to roll back an Obama-era rule intended to combat housing segregation.
On Monday, the Trump administration formally began the process of revamping a 2015 rule that required cities and towns to examine historic patterns of segregation and create plans to combat it, or lose federal funding.
The administration argued that the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule hinders the development of affordable housing.
The current rule is "suffocating investment in some of our most distressed neighborhoods that need our investment the most," Carson said in a statement. "We do not have to abandon communities in need."
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