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John Rutherford: “I have to say as a former sheriff, a lot of those tight guidelines that you see now in HUD really developed as a result…”

On the recordMay 9, 2022
I have to say as a former sheriff, a lot of those tight guidelines that you see now in HUD really developed as a result of the incredible amount of violence and property destruction that we saw in the late 1980s and early nineties.
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John Rutherford
Republican · Florida

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Discussing the origins of HUD guidelines related to crime.

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