Donald Trump is initiating efforts to utilize federal land for housing development, responding to the ongoing housing crisis. A taskforce led by the Interior Department and HUD will identify suitable government lands, despite potential obstacles like infrastructure, zoning regulations, and environmental concerns. The federal government, owning over 650 million acres, could sell or lease land to developers, raising optimism that millions of homes could be constructed. This approach has bipartisan support, though concerns about national park preservation and land availability in competitive markets remain significant.
The Trump administration is launching a taskforce to identify government land that is suitable for housing development, potentially yielding millions of new homes in the process.
Freeing up federal land for development could yield big results, with 512,000 acres identified by the Bureau of Land Management capable of accommodating between three and four million homes.
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