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Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD

Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD, is Founder and Chairman of the American Cornerstone Institute and previously served as the 17th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Born in Detroit to a single mother with a third-grade education, Dr. Carson was raised to love reading and education. He attended Yale and earned his MD from the University of Michigan Medical School. For nearly 30 years, Dr. Carson served as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, where he performed the first separation of twins conjoined at the back of the head.

Bylined chapters

15. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Major recommendations in those chapters

15 · 509 Repeal the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation Not started
15 · 509 End Housing First policies at HUD Not started
15 · 512 Devolve HUD functions to states and localities in a wholesale overhaul Needs Congress Not started
15 · 512 Transfer HUD loan guarantee programs to the SBA Needs Congress Not started
15 · 512 Move Indian housing programs to the Department of the Interior Needs Congress Not started
15 · 512 Move rental assistance, mortgage insurance, and GNMA to a Housing and Home Finance Agency Needs Congress Not started

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