President Donald Trump’s pledge to use public lands to help address the housing crunch has some rare bipartisan support compared with most of his policies, at least in some pricey Western areas where Democrats have looked to the same idea.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announced a joint task force earlier this month examining the use of “underutilized federal land” suitable for housing, with promises to streamline the process of selling this land.
“Our federal lands are an incredible asset on America’s balance sheet, and we’ve been discussing how we can efficiently and effectively solve our nation’s affordable housing crisis,” Burgum said in a video celebrating the task force.
