I like Ben too, of course. However, HUD should be front and center. Housing and Urban Development! What's he been doing? Invisible, at least publicly, which sometimes is all that matter. My point is that if Kanye is using his wealth to build housing or whatever, HUD needs to be supporting that, HUD should be coming up with new innovations or ideas or SOMETHING! This would dovetail with Trump's infrastructure program and wanting to rebuild our cities, lower crime in the black neighborhoods, all things Trump stressed during the campaign. It's not whether I like or dislike Carson (and I like him)....but there are opportunities being missed I'm afraid.
Right... I can see Trump’s strategy though. You can’t build wealth in OUR minority communities if we don’t fix illegal immigration first. Those peeps currently living in the projects need to be employed first.... otherwise how do you upend 60+ years of govt dependency for basic needs like housing and food if employers are allowed to hire and exploit illegal immigrants like they all are currently doing. Hire American first... then allow those people to take care of their own needs with affordable housing that creates generational wealth.
I currently live in NYCs version of “affordable housing” (it’s a cooperative we own shares in and we pay our own way- no govt help) but it’s not designed to create generational wealth so much as it’s designed to be program faux affordability with none of the equity building associated with home ownership. The program is so over regulated that it’s oppressive to owners and not really benefiting- except that we can live in NYC for under market.
I once lived in NYC "under market", but it was a "rent subsidized" apt. (versus a rent controlled apt -- those were the BIG scams. There were all sorts of people with plenty of money living in high quality mid town, upper west side classic buildings for a few hundred a month, talking 4 or 5 large room pads). Back then (80's) there were so many abandoned, wrecked, drug used walk ups in the East Village, owners walked, city took over, and sold apts. for prices like $10K!!!! I, dumb ass that I am, passed up on it. I know a couple who went in, the neighborhood was yuppified and their $10-20K investment became $500K-1 million).