ABOLISHHUD

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Government helped create the housing crisis, then opened a department to manage it.

Official story

What they claim to do

Builds strong, inclusive communities and expands access to affordable housing.

Ground truth

What they actually do

Federal public housing built from the 1950s to the 1970s, such as St. Louis’s Pruitt-Igoe towers, became notorious for concentrating poverty and was demolished within two decades. Today HUD runs vouchers and subsidy programs while housing costs have outrun incomes in many metro areas.

The libertarian case

The real drivers of expensive housing are zoning, permitting delays and subsidies that raise demand without adding supply. Remove the barriers, let builders build, and housing gets cheaper without a federal department. Abolish HUD.

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