Trump’s HUD wants to expand flawed program that is ‘privatizing public housing’

Mr. “the Egyptian pyramids are for grain storage” and the “let them eat cake” crowd are all about helping real estate developers.

“Under the Trump administration and HUD Secretary Ben Carson, the federal agency has changed course, requesting decreases in FHEO staff, which are achieved through attrition. The administration’s fiscal 2019 request sought to decrease the office another 10 full-time employees to 481.”

Trump’s HUD wants to expand flawed program that is ‘privatizing public housing’

It leaves vulnerable residents at the mercy of developers.

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Under the Trump administration and HUD Secretary Ben Carson, the federal agency has changed course, requesting decreases in FHEO staff, which are achieved through attrition. The administration’s fiscal 2019 request sought to decrease the office another 10 full-time employees to 481.

In its 2010 Congressional budget justification report, HUD itself warned that FHEO’s drastic staffing cuts would “likely” negatively impact the office’s “effectiveness and efficiency.” Housing discrimination cases had steadily been increasing at the time — due to education and outreach initiatives that informed people of their civil-rights protections — while FHEO staffing levels dropped from 744 in 2003 to 601 full-time employees in 2009.

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