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Donald Trump’s Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner just ended an Obama-era initiative that created years of disastrous and expensive regulation to demand racial quotas across neighborhoods far from Washington, D.C.
Thefederalgovernmentreallyshouldn’tbeinvolvedinhousingatall,butSecretaryTurnerisdoingthenextbestthingbycuttingasmuchwastefulspendingandregulationashecan.KillingtheAffirmativelyFurtheringFairHousing(AFFH)Ruleishislatestwin—orrather,ourlatestwin.Itisincrediblewhatcanbedonewhengovernmentofficialsstarttoactasiftheyreallyareouremployeesratherthanouroligarchs.
TurnerpostedonXFeb.26abouttheendofthewoke,harmfulprogram.“IhavedirectedHUDtoterminatetheBiden-eraAFFHRule.AffirmativelyFurtheringFairHousingwasnothingmorethana‘zoningtax.’Itincreasedhomecosts&decreasedthesupplyofaffordablehomes.We’regivingpowerbacktolocalcommunities,notWashingtonbureaucrats,”hedeclared.TurnersubsequentlysharedavideoclipofhimsigningthedocumentationendingAFFH.
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