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The federal government doesn't have that authority, unless maybe if someone concocted a Commerce Clause argument for it.
by guelo 10y ago
The federal government doesn't have that authority, unless maybe if someone concocted a Commerce Clause argument for it.
- khuey 10y agoDon't think it would be hard to argue that housing prices in major cities affect interstate commerce. Anyways, you can tie HUD/DOT/etc grants to the conditions. Don't play ball = no funding.
- rbritton 10y agoWithholding DOT funding has been done before: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/four-times-the-government-held-highway-funding-hostage/454167/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/four-tim...
- pnathan 10y ago"The federal government now only has tax deductions for condos and renting in areas where the occupancy is > 10 adults/acre. Increasing deductions are possible through increasing the adult/acre density". "The federal government will no longer provide security for single occupancy house mortgages" "The federal government finds that policies preferring in any sense single-occupancy homes gives clear rise to racism. The Equal Housing authority will be auditing all sales and rentals of single housing homes; landlord violators will be fined severely; mortgage lenders who violate will be fined severely". Also, with the demographic shifts in the US and how they affect urban areas, it's absolutely relevant to the nation's commerce.