Did HUD just restore Obama federal flood rule nixed by Trump?

HUD’s decision reflects a reluctance to spend money “on stupid things,” according to Eli Lehrer, president of the R Street Institute, a libertarian think tank. “And building in areas that are almost sure to flood in the near future is really stupid.”

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