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Trump Adminsitration

Analyzing the Decision to Rewrite the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule

Observers have been pointing out the contradictions in Secretary Ben Carson's justifications for a new approach to the Fair Housing Act.

August 15, 2018 - Slate

HUD

Breaking: HUD Will Rewrite Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule

The Department of Housing and Urban Development will rewrite the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule approved by the Obama administration in 2015. HUD Secretary Ben Carson says the rule is "suffocating" affordable housing development.

August 13, 2018 - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUD

HUD Took a Strong Stance Against Local Control and Hardly Anyone Noticed

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development devoted an entire issue of a quarterly newsletter to land use regulations and the idea that local laws are strangling the nation's supply of affordable housing.

August 1, 2018 - James Brasuell

Supreme Court of the United States

The New Supreme Court and the Future of Fair Housing

The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy introduces the possibility that a future court will overturn the doctrine of disparate impact central to fair housing practices and policies.

July 2, 2018 - CityLab

Robert Weaver Building

Carson: HUD No Longer Raising Rents for Subsidized Households

Blame it on the federal budget, says Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Carson.

June 12, 2018 - The Hill

Trump Campaign

Lawsuit Challenges the Trump Administration's Approach to Fair Housing

Housing Advocates have filed a lawsuit to press the Department of Housing and Urban Development to enforce requirements of the Fair Housing Act.

May 8, 2018 - The Washington Post

Robert Weaver Building

Secretary Carson Makes the Case for Public Housing Rent Increases

Secretary Ben Carson in his own words, discussing the Department of Housing and Urban Development's recently proposed set of reforms to federal housing assistance policies.

May 1, 2018 - The Daily Signal via YouTube

HUD

HUD Proposal Would Triple Rent for Subsidized Households

The proposal by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson would also allow property owners to require employment from renters receiving housing subsidies.

April 26, 2018 - The Washington Post

Plan Voisin

Ben Carson Models Office Renovation on Le Corbusier's Radiant City

At a press event and photo op to reveal his newly renovated office, Secretary Ben Carson showed off his recently acquired knowledge of planning history.

April 1, 2018 - Planetizen April 1st Edition

Trump Adminsitration

A Realistic Approach Needed With Programs like HUD's New EnVision Centers

Secretary Ben Carson's vision for the Department of Housing and Urban Development focuses on a new workforce development program called EnVision Centers.

March 22, 2018 - Urban Institute

Trump Campaign

HUD Changing Mission

Although it's unclear if the change is final, it's been widely reported that leadership at the U.S. Department of Housing and Development is pushing to remove wording about racial discrimination from the organization's mission statement.

March 10, 2018 - The Huffington Post

HUD

More Reports of Trouble at the Top of HUD

Another in a string of detailed exposés on the working conditions and policy agenda of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the leadership of Secretary Ben Carson.

March 6, 2018 - The New York Times

Trump Campaign

HUD Secretary's Op-Ed Focuses on Local Homelessness Solutions

Secretary Carson argues that local housing solutions can solve homelessness.

December 18, 2017 - USA Today

HUD

Carson Op-Ed Lays Out the Trump Agenda for HUD

Ben Carson has penned an op-ed that lays out the ideology driving the Trump Administration's approach to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

September 22, 2017 - The Hill

Trump Campaign

An Investigation Into Trump and Carson's HUD

You might have been waiting for this article, and its many revelations about life inside the Department of Housing and Urban Development, since January or November.

August 22, 2017 - New York

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