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Scott Turner: “The regulations and the regulatory environment are crippling…”

Featuring: Scott Turner, Republican | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | National

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I'M DEMANDING ANSWERS: Funding War Abroad instead of Housing in America?

Published | Video Starts at 06:01

With all due respect, the President is clear on what he wants to do. My job is to run HUD and to take down the regulatory environment, which I hear from the industry experts as I travel. The regulations and the regulatory environment are crippling building in our country. You have a different view than I do. And I just want you to know that if we use that money for housing, we could build 1.1 million affordable housing units. (06:01–06:06)

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Asserts that current regulations hinder construction in the U.S.

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