Fair-housing advocates hailed the rule, saying it would finally, after nearly five decades, put real muscle behind the 1968 law. How long did it take the Trump administration to target the measure? Ben Carson, Mr. Trump’s pick for federal housing secretary, criticized the provision at his Senate confirmation hearings. “I’ve been watching this for years in Westchester, coming from New York,” Mr. Trump said at the White House in July, promising to end the rule. And there certainly have been high-profile fair-housing fights in the county just to the north of New York City.

Source: New York Times September 03, 2020 09:00 UTC