The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has launched a nationwide bus tour focused on removing barriers to affordable housing stock.
The “Driving Affordable Housing Across America Bus Tour” kicked off Jan. 29 in Louisville, Ky., and will make stops in various communities for events and discussions on affordable housing needs.
“In our efforts to alleviate the unnecessary regulatory barriers to housing construction and development, it’s important that we get out into local communities and hear directly from our fellow citizens who are grappling with rising housing prices and learn more about best practices to address them,” Secretary Ben Carson said in a news release. “Families, businesses, nonprofits and community leaders all have concerns about the rising cost of housing and this bus tour is an opportunity to bring everyone (together) to discuss how we can fix the problem.”
The listening tour is part of the work Carson is undertaking as chairman of the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing established in June 2019.
The council’s eight federal member agencies are engaging with state and tribal governments, as well as the private sector and non-profit stakeholders on ways to increase our country's housing supply so more Americans have access to affordable housing.
The tour will run through June.
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