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rule, the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing mandate, was
established under Democratic President Barack Obama's
administration in 2015. It would have required communities that
receive grants and housing aid to assess racial segregation in
housing and offer plans to correct it.
"I am happy to inform all of the people living their Suburban
Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or
financially hurt by having low income housing built in your
neighborhood ... Your housing prices will go up based on the
market, and crime will go down. I have rescinded the Obama-Biden
AFFH Rule. Enjoy!" Trump wrote in a series of tweets.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said last
week that it would terminate the rule, calling it "unworkable
and ultimately a waste of time for localities to comply with."
Critics blasted the move.
"President Trump is actively working to gut fair housing laws
and legalize housing discrimination," U.S. Democratic Senator
Chuck Schumer wrote in a tweet. "We will fight this."
California said last week it would continue to require local
agencies to ensure they affirmatively furthered fair housing.
Trump's move comes as support for the president has flagged in
the suburbs, which played a key role in the Republican's
electoral victory in 2016 but have soured on him since.
"Let's be clear: the President is using racist fear-mongering to
say he's happy to dismantle civil rights in search of a
political advantage," Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
wrote on Twitter.
(Reporting by Makini Brice; Editing by Scott Malone and Jonathan
Oatis)
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