Department of Housing and Urban Development
“One thing that I think is an important lesson here is not to rent to blue-collar workers,” one landlord wrote as activists went after the bureaucrats who make eviction possible.
“I think I have other things that probably require my presence and attention,” the Housing and Urban Development Secretary told The Daily Beast.
A viral video of an angry white restauranteur and reports of a standoff in a small town reflect decades of housing discrimination, white flight, and rage.
Some local governments have moved to stem evictions and foreclosures for everyone, and a few are even freezing rent and mortgage payments entirely.
HUD regional administrator Lynne Patton isn’t even pretending to care about the law.
Much has been made of Trump’s kleptocracy, but the ignorance of his appointees—like Carson, whose decisions affect millions of people—is equally insidious.
‘The Daily Show’ host could not get enough of the HUD secretary’s blatant ignorance.