“If a home was to receive an FHA or USDA mortgage, it was deemed ineligible if it did not comply with the IECC,” Turner said at HousingWire’s The Gathering in Austin.”

“Today, I am rescinding this onerous rule because it literally can bring an increase of $20,000 to $31,000 per single-family project,” Turner said.”

“During the Biden administration, they said: ‘Well, these upfront costs will be able to be recovered. But what they didn’t revise, or didn’t say, is that it is going to take 90 years to do that,” he added.”

“HUD Secretary Scott Turner said the proposal would restore “biological truth” and ensure shelters can serve women “as women.””

“HUD Secretary Scott Turner said the proposal would restore "biological truth" and ensure shelters can serve women "as women."”

“By rescinding this mandate, we are removing a significant regulatory barrier that added tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of a new home,”

“"By rescinding this mandate, we are removing a significant regulatory barrier that added tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of a new home," Scott Turner said in the release. "The Trump Administration's focus is to facilitate new housing supply and ensure that every American family has a path to homeownership without being sidelined by bureaucratic red tape."”