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Scott Turner: “This opportunity zone legislation said you can take your…”

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

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US HUD secretary visits Omaha, talks housing affordability

Published | Video Starts at 00:55

Turner and Pillin stopped by the Highlander Accelerator neighborhood in north Omaha, considered to be an opportunity zone. Opportunity zones came as a result of the Tax Cuts and jobs act of 2018 during President Trump's first term. This opportunity zone legislation said you can take your capital gain investing in a qualified opportunity zone fund and invest inside of a new operating business housing in these qualified opportunities on tracks of which there's 8,764. According to the Bipartisan Policy center, the president's budget request for fiscal year 2027 includes a 13% reduction in HUD funding from the year before. (00:55–01:11)

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