Showing posts with label Ben Carson makes the right move rolling back Obama-era housing policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ben Carson makes the right move rolling back Obama-era housing policy. Show all posts

Friday, August 17, 2018


By The Hill, Aug. 15, 2018

At first glance, the news that HUD Secretary Ben Carson is dialing back an Obama-era regulation called “affirmatively furthering fair housing” is apt to be misinterpreted — as a move away from enforcing anti-discrimination laws. In fact, that Obama policy itself had been a radical — and impractical — departure from traditional fair housing enforcement, and Carson is pursuing a policy which one can hope will be more constructive.