Even long after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, numerous studies and reports have revealed a long line of policies that have kept Black people out of white suburbs, as well as other forms of housing discrimination.“EVERY American deserves access to the American dream. Trump has repeatedly characterized the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regulation as an existential threat to the suburban way of life that will bring about more crime and lower home prices.. MORE: As Joe Biden's VP pick looms, Susan Rice says Trump is 'protecting Putin' The inflammatory tweets follow Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development announcing last week it was terminating the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, a 2015 rule that required local governments to identify and address patterns of racial segregation outlawed under the Fair Housing Act of 1968. It then defines ‘affirmatively furthering fair housing’ to mean any action rationally related to promoting any of the above attributes of fair housing,” the HUD secretary’s statement read.President Trump is defending his administration’s recent decision to rescind an Obama-Biden administration rule on fair housing, arguing that the move would protect property values in the suburbs.“They want to abolish — and really hurt — the suburbs, because under their plan…they don’t mind if low income housing is built in…a beautiful suburb,” the president warned.The president has referenced “the suburbs” repeatedly throughout the past week, arguing that they are in need of protection in some form. Trump boasts of pushing low-income housing out of suburbs. The connection between the president’s denigration of low-income housing and … Obama made it much worse.
It was designed to give more teeth to the Fair Housing Act in combating segregation, and was praised by civil rights groups at the time. "Vile, despicable, racist," Diane Yentel, president of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, tweeted in response to Trump Wednesday.President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, on July 29, 2020.In some states, like Nevada, the situation is even more dire, with only 18 homes available for 100 households.Recent data shows that no state has an adequate supply of affordable rental housing for low-income renters.They point to numerous studies that have revealed a long tradition of policies that have kept Black, Native American, and Hispanic households out of white suburbs, along with other forms of housing discrimination they face.Many say rescinding the rule also ignores the financial reality of millions of Americans already left behind.President Trump tweeted about suburbanites and low-income housing after repealing a rule designed to address racial segregation in suburban housing.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, June 9, 2020, in Washington, DC.Advocates argue that one of the most impactful solutions to problems around homelessness, which Trump has also criticized, is to ensure more affordable and accessible housing.But critics say rescinding it will allow for greater discrimination and harm minority households. Conservative critics and the Trump administration opposed the parameters, saying they were unnecessarily laborious.President Donald Trump is pining for support in the suburbs, and pushing out low-income housing is playing a part in his bid to get it.President Donald Trump delivers remarks in Midland, Texas. “There will be no more low-income housing forced into the suburbs. The rule tied federal funding to efforts to bridge inequalities. The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era policy aimed at desegregating and diversifying the suburbs, the latest attempt by Donald Trump to both undo his predecessor's legacy, as well as inject race into the political discourse. The division between urban and suburban America is closely tied to the country’s history of racial segregation. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is revoking a policy meant to diversify the suburbs. It’s been hell for suburbia.”The administration justified the move at the time as alleviating undue burdens on local governments. He characterized low-income housing as a detriment to the suburbs and claimed that Democrats were out to uproot and destroy suburbia — a cultural sphere that he equated to the American dream.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called Trump’s remarks “disgusting,” saying the president is “actively working to gut fair housing laws and legalize housing discrimination.” Trump argues that public housing in suburbs drives up crime and lowers property values. WASHINGTON — With President Trump facing sagging support in the suburbs, his administration on Thursday targeted an Obama-era affordable housing regulation, the … President Trump is defending his administration’s recent decision to rescind an Obama-Biden administration rule on fair housing, arguing that the … I’ve seen conflict for years. Trump boasts he’s axed diversity rule so suburbs ‘will not be bothered by low income housing’ and ‘crime will go down’ Jack Williams 30 Jul 2020, 0:07