Reason Magazine
•Will Doug Burgum be Donald Trump’s housing czar?
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has been nominated to be secretary of the Department of the Interior .
Burgum would be in charge of selling off land managed by the Bureau of Land Management for new residential development.
Trump 's 2024 housing policy proposal was to build new homes on federal lands.
A report estimates that building on federal land could add 2.7 million homes.
Sen. Mike Lee's HOUSES Act would allow state and local governments to nominate parcels of BLM land for home construction.
Only 15 percent of the land would have to be reserved for residential construction and related community needs like schools, houses of worship, hospitals, and grocery stores.
Bill would still permit government entities to enact zoning laws that prohibit new townhomes, accessory dwelling units, and manufactured housing.
David Gergen : Democrats ' postelection recriminations have been light on what role housing policy is playing in their fortunes.
He says high-cost, high-regulation housing markets have led to a mass exodus of people to more growth-friendly, Republican -dominated states.
If those trends continue, the Democratic Party will become less and less competitive at the national level, Gergen says.
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