Sale of Surplus Federal Land Gets Rare Bipartisan Support

The White House and Republicans have found something on which they can almost agree.

Winter whitewater rapids cascade through the Eldorado National Forest in Northern California on the Route 50 heading into Carson City, Nev., on Dec. 10, 2022. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

A scarcity of affordable housing nationwide has leaders on both ends of the political spectrum eyeing a sell-off of federal lands as a possible solution.

In July, the Bureau of Land Management began soliciting input on the proposed sale of 20 acres of public lands in the southwest Las Vegas Valley to Nevada’s Clark County Department of Social Services for affordable housing development.