Race Matters

Is HUD Secretary really the "Black job" of presidential administrations? A quick glimpse into the federal agency's history can answer that question.

Meet Scott Turner, a former NFL player and the former Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump's first presidency.

Fudge says that when coupled with the full promise of the Biden administration's Build Back Better Agenda, this is a chance in a lifetime to fundamentally transition the way individuals and families are housed and supported in communities. Housing affordability also includes homeownership and support for making that pathway more accessible to a broader group of people.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge made a permanent impression on the White House reporter pool on Thursday, after she was forced to give a short lesson on manners.

Following Fudge's confirmation announcement, several civil rights organizations voiced their hope that she will forge a new chapter in addressing systemic racial inequities in housing.

HUD will shut down both public housing projects in Cairo, Illinois, a rural town in Southern Illinois.

Nation

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Wednesday that "poverty is a state of mind" during an interview with Sirius XM.

While discussing Ben Carson's appointment to HUD, Marc Lamont Hill noted that Ghostface Killah's great leadership of the Wu-Tang Clan does not necessarily crossover to other jobs.