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How a Trump tax break to help poor communities became a bonanza for the rich

By Jesse Drucker and Eric Lipton
New York Times·
20 mins to read
How a Trump tax break to help poor communities became a bonanza for the rich
How a Trump tax break to help poor communities became a bonanza for the rich

President Donald Trump has portrayed US cities as wastelands, ravaged by crime and homelessness, infested by rats.

But the Trump administration's signature plan to lift them — a multibillion-dollar tax break that is supposed to help low-income areas — has fueled a wave of developments financed by and built for

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