Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2019: Trump administration to take on local housing barriers
The Trump administration will explore using federal programs to push local governments to soften or eliminate rules that block housing construction, an issue that has stymied officials at all levels of government for years. President Trump is expected to sign an order Tuesday creating the White House Council on Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing Development, which will include members of eight federal agencies.
“These are things that can be solved. A lot of [these rules] have been on the books for excessive amounts of time. They’re not particularly relevant any more,” said Ben Carson, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in an interview Tuesday with The Wall Street Journal.
