Interior and Housing Secretaries Pledge To Turn ‘Underutilized’ Federal Lands Into New Housing Developments
The two Cabinet secretaries announced a joint effort to turn some of the 500 million acres owned by the federal government into so-called ‘affordable housing.’
In an attempt to bring down America’s ever-rising cost of housing by increasing its supply, the secretaries of the interior and of housing and urban development say they are looking at turning some of the country’s 500 million federally protected acres into new housing developments. The goal of a new task force announced Monday will not only be to identify lands for use, but to streamline the permitting processes as well.
The secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum, and the secretary of housing and urban development, Scott Turner, announced the new Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing to focus on locating parcels of land suitable for constructing some of the seven million new homes that they say the country needs.
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