Trump Administration to use federal state for affordable apartments

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During his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump promised to quickly reduce the prices for American households, including affordable apartments.

“We will open an area of ​​the federal government to build housing,” said Trump in August. “We urgently need accommodation for people who cannot afford what is going on now.”

The Trump administration is now trying to pursue this promise. Last month, federal officials created a task force that would identify and release the state that could be used for the housing estate.

The announcement is the first major initiative to introduce the Trump government to deal with the country's affordable housing crisis. It is an idea that has non -partisan support. Both Mr. Trump and Kamala Harris, the former Vice President and Democratic candidate for President, have supported the efforts to set up affordable apartments in certain federal areas.

Housing settlers and researchers say that the idea of ​​making more federal state available for the housing estate promises western states such as Nevada and California, where the majority of the federal state is. However, the initiative would not help increase the range of housing in other parts of the country, in which the residents also have to deal with high protection costs such as New York and Miami.

There are also other challenges before living space can be built. Most of the state of the federal government lacks the necessary water and sewage infrastructure to support shared communities. Environmental groups have also commented on the intention of the administration to sell public country because they have potential effects on the habitat for wild animals.