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   The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) eliminated   
   federal regulations created during the Obama administration, which   
   Secretary Scott Turner accused of putting "extreme and restrictive   
   demands" on local housing developers.   
      
   President Donald Trump rescinded the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing   
   (AFFH) rule, created under former President Barack Obama, during his first   
   administration. Trump said at the time in a speech about cutting red tape   
   in the federal government that the rule serves to "eliminate single-family   
   zoning to destroy the value of houses" at the benefit of "far-left   
   Washington bureaucrats."   
      
   Then-President Joe Biden later worked to reinstate the rule but ultimately   
   pulled back due to fear it could make him politically vulnerable as he   
   sought reelection, according to Politico. On Wednesday, HUD initiated its   
   own rulemaking to squash the Obama-era AFFH rule, which mandated that   
   localities commission extensive analyses to certify that new housing   
   developments do not exacerbate disparities among federally protected   
   groups. This includes access to public transportation, schools, hospitals   
   and parks.   
      
   During a Wednesday conference call about the AFFH rule's termination, a   
   HUD official said that discrimination that is prohibited under the Fair   
   Housing Act of 1968 will still remain illegal. But under the new change,   
   localities will now be able to self-certify that their new developments   
   comply with anti-discrimination laws implemented under the 1968 Fair   
   Housing Act.   
      
   "Over the past four years, and really dating back to the Obama   
   administration, far-left Democrats have tried to socially re-engineer   
   communities from the top down," Turner said in a statement obtained by Fox   
   News Digital.   
      
   "By terminating the AFFH rule, localities will no longer be required to   
   complete onerous paperwork and drain their budgets to comply with the   
   extreme and restrictive demands made up by the federal government."   
      
   Turner added that as a result of cutting this regulation, the federal   
   government will be able to "better serve rural, urban and tribal   
   communities that need access to fair and affordable housing."   
      
   Research from the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute found that the   
   AFFH rule, as initiated under Obama, cost taxpayers as much as $55 million   
   annually to collect the certification information the regulation required.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hud-terminates-obama-era-housing-trump-   
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