If appointed secretary of Housing and Urban Development, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson — rumored to be President-elect Donald Trump’s top pick — would likely reinforce housing discrimination in an effort to reduce “communist” government overreach.
Carson is a vocal critic of HUD’s “affirmatively furthering fair housing,” an Obama-era rule aimed at strengthening a stipulation in the 1968 Fair Housing Act that requires communities “affirmatively further” fair housing practices.