Professor of Public and Urban Policy, Alex Schwartz offers his take on Ben Carson’s recent housing reform plans
“The Trump administration recently proposed fundamental changes to how the federal government helps low-income families pay for housing.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson claims his “welfare reform,” which would jack up rents on the poorest Americans and impose stricter work requirements, would promote self-sufficiency and make federal housing assistance fiscally sustainable.
As someone who has studied, taught and written about housing policy for more than 25 years, I believe the proposal would do nothing of the kind.”
