White House Office of Urban Policy

Obama wants to have one. I think that’s a great idea. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is a bit oddly conceived in my view since obviously much housing isn’t in urban areas and many policies that have nothing to do with HUD’s mandate have a large impact on our cities. And when life gives you cabinet department organizational schemes that don’t really make sense, you need to make lemonade a White House office to coordinate across agencies.