The Trump Administration Just Saved the American Suburb
On the eve of the 2016 presidential election, the Obama-Biden administration was in the process of rolling out the same "grand experiment" on a national scale. Only President Trump's victory prevented a deluge of crushing lawsuits against suburban counties.
The new rules, promulgated as part of a "grand experiment" by Obama's HUD, would compel suburban landlords to go to cities and recruit Section 8 recipients, then force local taxpayers to pay for thousands of units of high-rise public housing as close as possible to the "community assets" that make their towns desirable—such as high-performing schools, public parks and shopping centers
In 2018, HUD Secretary Ben Carson put this outrageous federal overreach on hold, suspending the war against the suburbs launched by the Obama-Biden administration in much the same way that the Trump administration ended the Obama-Biden "war on coal."
This is a massive victory for Americans' constitutional rights to local control and self-government, as well as a recognition that the federal government's duty to prevent discrimination in housing does not supersede its obligation to protect the rights of millions of Americans who abide by race-neutral zoning laws to create beautiful, vibrant, family-friendly suburban communities.
Communities all over the country had already decided to refuse the deal with the devil that the Obama administration demanded under AFFH by rejecting HUD money. Biden's solution is to make those suburbs an offer they can't refuse and demand AFFH-like concessions from communities only because they accept federal highway money.
If you live in a typical American suburb or small town, it's very likely that your area is in Biden's crosshairs. Your property taxes will have to be raised in order to build high-rise public housing, in defiance of local zoning laws, because your community is "too affluent."
The only way to stop four little words from being twisted into a bigger bludgeon to punish the suburbs is with a few words that can't be twisted at all: re-elect President Trump.
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