The Trump administration is creating a task force to identify federal land that would be suitable for building affordable housing.The initiative marks the administration’s first step toward a pledge to unlock vast swaths of federal land to address America’s housing shortage by transferring or leasing the land to local governments.

The White House has announced plans to “use” federal lands to create more “affordable housing.” While the effort would presumably destroy areas of wildlife that have been deliberately protected for generations, it will face some daunting headwinds.