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In a move squarely aimed at courting white conservative suburban voters, the Trump administration on Thursday officially dismantled an Obama-era rule that sought to lessen the impact of decades of racial segregation in America's neighborhoods.
Housing Secretary Ben Carson said he was replacing the rule, known as the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, with a plan that more loosely defines the standard for fair housing as access to an affordable and safe residence.
Upon review of the Obama regulation, "we found it to be unworkable and ultimately a waste of time for localities to comply with, too often resulting in funds being steered away from communities that need them most,” he said in a statement released Thursday.
"The AFFH (Obama) rule was a ruse for social engineering under the guise of desegregation, essentially turning @HUDgov into a national zoning board," he tweeted.
Trump hinted at the move when he warned voters in a virtual town hall that Democratic candidate Joe Biden wants to "abolish" the suburbs and eliminate single family zoning, "bringing who knows into your suburbs, so your communities will be unsafe and your housing values will go down.”
A White House fact sheet distributed to reporters that described the move as, "SAVING OUR SUBURBS: This action ends the Federal encroachment on local communities that threatened our nation’s suburbs."
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/gma/trump-officially-dismantles-obama-fair-housing-rule-hes-175900640.html
Housing Secretary Ben Carson said he was replacing the rule, known as the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, with a plan that more loosely defines the standard for fair housing as access to an affordable and safe residence.
Upon review of the Obama regulation, "we found it to be unworkable and ultimately a waste of time for localities to comply with, too often resulting in funds being steered away from communities that need them most,” he said in a statement released Thursday.
"The AFFH (Obama) rule was a ruse for social engineering under the guise of desegregation, essentially turning @HUDgov into a national zoning board," he tweeted.
Trump hinted at the move when he warned voters in a virtual town hall that Democratic candidate Joe Biden wants to "abolish" the suburbs and eliminate single family zoning, "bringing who knows into your suburbs, so your communities will be unsafe and your housing values will go down.”
A White House fact sheet distributed to reporters that described the move as, "SAVING OUR SUBURBS: This action ends the Federal encroachment on local communities that threatened our nation’s suburbs."
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/gma/trump-officially-dismantles-obama-fair-housing-rule-hes-175900640.html
