HUD Secretary Turner to scrap costly federal zoning rule Trump warned would ‘destroy’ suburbs

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HUD Secretary Turner to scrap costly federal zoning rule Trump warned would ‘destroy’ suburbs

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced the elimination Wednesday of a costly Obama- and Biden-era federal zoning rule that President Trump warned would “destroy” suburban neighborhoods nationwide. The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule had conditioned millions of dollars’ worth of community development block grants from HUD on the completion of lengthy demographic analyses.
To get the money, localities had to certify that there were no disparities — either by race, religion, sex, nationality or disability — in access to parks, transportation hubs, schools, and business districts, among other stipulations.


“Local and state governments understand the needs of their communities much better than bureaucrats in Washington, DC,” Turner said in a statement first shared with The Post.
“Terminating this rule restores trust in local communities and property owners, while protecting America’s suburbs and neighborhood integrity.”


A HUD official told reporters on a conference call Wednesday that a new rule put forward by the department will still prohibit discrimination under the Fair Housing Act of 1968, without the need for the analyses.
“By terminating the AFFH rule, localities will no longer be required to complete onerous paperwork and drain their budgets to comply with the extreme and restrictive demands made up by the federal government,” Turner added.
“As HUD returns to the original understanding and enforcement of the law without onerous compliance requirements, we can better serve rural, urban and tribal communities that need access to fair and affordable housing.”

More at: https://nypost.com/2025/02/26/us-ne...ning-rule-trump-warned-would-destroy-suburbs/
 
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