The Future of HUD

https://thinkprogress.org/ben-carson-cairo-illinois-43e359bb559e/amp/

The above is a link to a “town hall” style meeting that Ben Carson, the new director of HUD, had in Cairo, IL. It’s important because it shows the direction the federal government is going in when it comes to the HUD program and the problems it faces. The federal government is choosing not to invest in problem properties, choosing to demolish them instead, and not creating alternative housing or housing options in their place.

This is huge. I would not be surprised if HUD becomes an increasingly small organization and if homeless and impoverished populations become the domain of the cash-strapped states the reside in. I don’t know what the solution to this is; I just want people to see that it is happening.

-B