Like other Cabinet agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is moving quickly to undo long-standing progressive policies. New HUD Secretary Scott Turner has asserted that the agency is now “DEI-free.” Perhaps even more significantly, the agency is considering implementing time limits and work requirements for tenants of public and subsidized housing. 

Although we should expect howls of protest from tenant “advocates” as cruel and draconian, such a change would actually benefit subsidized housing residents by encouraging upward mobility, and it would benefit those in need of housing by helping to clear long waiting lists for subsidized apartments.