Document Type
Article
Comments
This article predates the author's affiliation with Cornell Law School. It was published in The Hill (January 5, 2017) under the title: "Ben Carson’s Call of Duty as America’s Housing Chief."
Abstract
Dr. Ben Carson, the nominee for Housing and Urban Development Secretary, has made almost no public pronouncements about housing policy. The one exception is a 2015 Washington Times opinion piece in which he addresses the Obama Administration’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. While Dr. Carson appears to agree with the Obama Administration’s diagnosis of the problem of segregation, he attacks its solution. If he refuses to vigorously enforce the rule at HUD, it is still incumbent on him to address the underlying problem it was meant to address.
Date of Authorship for this Version
1-2017
Keywords
Ben Carson, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair housing, Housing policy, Redlining, Racially restrictive covenants
Recommended Citation
Reiss, David J., "Carson’s Call of Duty" (2017). Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers. 175.
https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/clsops_papers/175