The Trump administration plans to unveil new rules on Tuesday that will roll back Obama-era efforts to prod local governments into building more low-income housing in affluent areas, a policy that was intended to help undo decades of housing discrimination but also created a mountain of paperwork for many local officials. Under the new rule, the Department of Housing and Urban Development will instead require minimal documentation from local governments about how they are promoting desegregation and allow them to choose three...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 06, 2020 23:03 UTC