Ben Carson Moves Forward With Push To Change Fair Housing Rule
The HUD secretary is moving to overhaul an Obama-era rule intended to strengthen the 1968 Fair Housing Act and combat housing segregation. It "impeded development ... of affordable housing," he says.
Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, proposed on Monday new changes to an Obama-era rule aimed at combating segregation in housing policy.
Carson wants the rule to focus more on reducing the regulatory burdens of local jurisdictions and giving them
