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President directs expedited permitting for fire-damaged homeowners, opposes low-income project in Palisades
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Summary
At a Cabinet meeting the president instructed officials to speed federal permitting for homeowners after a major fire, said there should be no financing for a proposed low-income project in the Palisades area, and named a staffer to coordinate recovery permits.
The president directed federal officials to help homeowners in a fire-affected area obtain permits quickly and said he would not approve financing for a proposed low-income housing development in the Palisades rebuilding zone.
Officials at the meeting described an executive order intended to accelerate EPA and Army Corps hazardous-material and debris work so the Army Corps could complete debris removal and permitting phases. Speaker 10 said those steps were completed in under 30 days during the initial response and urged local leadership to act faster on approvals.
The president said thousands of structures were lost, that many residents want to rebuild, and that delays in local permitting were preventing recovery. He said he would put Lee Zeldin (named in the discussion) in charge of helping expedite permits and suggested a 10% bonus on allowed house size for those rebuilding.
On the proposed low-income housing project, the president said, "We're not gonna allow this guy to build a low income housing project...No financing. That might be you, Scott, because they'll come to you for financing. It's never gonna be approved." The administration's housing official at the meeting also described recent HUD-related eligibility and transparency measures but did not provide statutory citations for the financing prohibition.
The transcript records loan and loan-delivery numbers for disaster assistance and the president's instruction to expedite permits; it does not include a written policy or regulation permanently prohibiting low-income development in the area.
