Public housing shouldn't be too comfy for poor
US Housing Secretary Ben Carson believes in compassion but not pampering those reliant on government help
Ohio
BEN Carson does not like the creature comforts, at least not for low-income Americans reliant on the government for a helping hand.
As he toured facilities for the poor in Ohio last week, Dr Carson, the neurosurgeon-turned-housing secretary, joked that a relatively well-appointed apartment complex for veterans lacked "only pool tables". He inquired at one stop whether animals were allowed. At yet another, he nodded, plainly happy, as officials explained how they had stacked dozens of bunk beds inside a homeless shelter and purposely did not provide televisions.
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