HUD Terminates Obama-Era Housing Rule
4th March 2025
An Obama-era housing rule that was terminated by the first Trump administration and revived by the Biden administration has again been canceled. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said the regulation has led to excessive bureaucracy and created affordability challenges.
Democrats started this shit, they have no grounds to whine about it happening to them. From now on, every Presidential candidate will have in his back pocket a list of his predecessor’s E.O.s to rescind on day 1 of his (or her) administration.
The AFFH rule, introduced by the Obama administration in 2015, implemented reporting requirements for local and state governments as well as public housing agencies that received federal funds from the HUD.
For instance, it required local officials to provide answers to 92 questions on topics such as disparities in housing opportunities, according to a commentary by The Heritage Foundation. Local officials had to report data on issues such as environmental health hazards, which had little to do with affordable housing. Besides that, HUD fund recipients had to ensure that their policies and practices did not promote racial segregation.
“[The AFFH rule was] designed to give unelected, anonymous bureaucrats in Washington the power to pick and choose who your new next-door neighbor will be,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote in a 2016 op-ed.
A keystone of the Deep State agenda is being able to second-guess every choice made by every individual in the country (to the extent that they can), and get paid for it.