The Trump Administration’s effort to shut down HUD’s Restore-Rebuild initative is drawing national attention in a new article by Politico. Restore-Rebuild has been essential for public housing authorities and developers as they work to modernize and preserve affordable housing in their communities.
What They’re Saying: La Shelle Dozier, CEO of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA), told Politico:
“This really caught us off guard. For HUD, which touts all the time that they really want to increase affordable housing … this seems to be hypocrisy.”
Lisa Jones, president of the San Diego Housing Commission, whose organization is now walking back plans to build 700 new units under Restore-Rebuild says:
“It feels almost like being set up for failure. Affordable housing access is already shrinking in some ways, [and] Restore-Rebuild is one of the few resources we have left for deep affordability, so now that’s going to disappear too.”
Go Deeper: Read our coverage of the end of the Restore-Rebuild initiative from our May 20 edition and learn more about the letter to HUD signed by NH&RA in our June 24 edition.
