U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Department of Housing and Urban Development | |
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Secretary: | Adrianne Todman (Acting) |
Annual budget: | 75.3 billion (2023) |
Total employed: | 7,824 (2022) |
Year created: | 1965 |
Official website: | HUD.gov |
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a cabinet-level agency that was established in 1965 by the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965. The act “initiated a leased housing program to make privately owned housing available to low-income families.”[1] HUD is “responsible for programs concerned with the Nation's housing needs, fair housing opportunities, and improvement and development of the Nation's communities,” according to the Federal Register.[2]
Former Deputy HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman is the acting secretary of housing and urban development. Click here to learn more about her confirmation process.
History
The following list highlights important events throughout the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s history:[3]
- 2000: American homeownership reaches a record high of 67.7 percent.
- 1990: “Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act emphasizes homeownership and tenant-based assistance, launches HOME housing block grant.”
- 1990: “Low-Income Housing Preservation and Residential Homeownership Act of 1990 fortifies Federal commitment to preservation of -assisted low-income, multifamily housing.”
- 1988: The Indian Housing Act passes, expanding the department's role to include housing for Native Americans and Alaskan Indians.
- 1983: “Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 begins Housing Development Action Grant and Rental Rehabilitation programs.”
- 1974: “Housing and Community Development Act consolidates programs into Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Section 8 tenant-based certificates increase low-income tenants' choice of housing.”
- 1970: “Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 introduces Federal Experimental Housing Allowance Program and Community Development Corporation.”
- 1968: The Fair Housing Act of 1968 passes.
- 1965: The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 passes, officially designating HUD as a cabinet-level agency.
- 1937: The U.S. Housing Act of 1937 passes.
Structure
Mission
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The official department mission statement is as follows:
" | HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes; utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination, and transform the way HUD does business.[4] | ” |
—HUD.gov[5] |
Leadership
Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development Full History | ||||||||
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Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Years in office | Nominated by | Confirmation vote | |||||
Robert C. Weaver | 1966-1968 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||||
Robert C. Wood | 1969-1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||||
George W. Romney | 1969-1973 | Richard Nixon | ||||||
James T. Lynn | 1973-1975 | Gerald Ford | ||||||
Carla A. Hills | 1975-1977 | Gerald Ford | ||||||
Patricia R. Harris | 1977-1979 | Jimmy Carter | ||||||
Maurice E. Landrieu | 1979-1981 | Jimmy Carter | ||||||
Samuel R. Pierce | 1981-1989 | Ronald Reagan | ||||||
Jack F. Kemp | 1989-1993 | George H.W. Bush | ||||||
Henry G. Cisneros | 1993-1997 | Bill Clinton | ||||||
Andrew Cuomo | 1997-2001 | Bill Clinton | ||||||
Mel Martinez | 2001-2003 | George W. Bush | ||||||
Alphonso Jackson | 2004-2008 | George W. Bush | ||||||
Steve Preston | 2008-2009 | George W. Bush | ||||||
Shaun Donovan | 2009-Present | Barack Obama | K.A. | |||||
Julian Castro | 2014-2017 | Barack Obama | 71-26 | |||||
Ben Carson | 2017-2021 | Donald Trump | 58-41 | |||||
Marcia Fudge | 2021-2024 | Joe Biden | 66-34 |
Note: Votes marked "N/A" represent voice votes or unrecorded votes. Missing votes will be filled as they are researched.
Organizational chart
Budget
The enacted budget for the 2023 fiscal year was $75.3 billion.[6]
Employment
The Department of Housing and Urban Development employed 7,824 people in 2022.[7]
Responsibilities
HUD is responsible for administering federal housing assistance programs and executing urban development laws across the United States. HUD’s primary responsibility “is helping create a decent home and suitable living environment for all Americans, and it has given America's communities a strong national voice at the Cabinet level,” according to HUD’s web page. HUD also aims to promote home ownership by underwriting lower and moderate-income families through mortgage insurance programs. [8]
Role of HUD in work requirements for public housing
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) may approve waivers that allow state public housing agencies to implement Moving to Work (MTW) initiatives, which require residents to find employment to remain eligible for public housing. These waivers exempt state and local housing agencies from some HUD public housing and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rules. If HUD approves waivers for state or local housing agencies, those agencies may use federal funds flexibly “to implement activities that otherwise would not be allowable” or “combine activities in order to create more comprehensive initiatives,” according to HUD.[9]
State or local public housing agencies with MTW waivers have the flexibility to create initiatives that include work requirements. These requirements vary across state and local housing agencies to respond to local populations, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. HUD had selected 87 state and local agencies for MTW initiatives as of March 23, 2022.[10][11]
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Official Department of Housing and Urban Development website
- Official Department of Housing and Urban Development blog
- Department of Housing and Urban Development on Facebook
- Department of Housing and Urban Development on Twitter
- Department of Housing and Urban Development Youtube channel
- Department of Housing and Urban Development on Flickr
- Department of Housing and Urban Development on the Federal Register
Footnotes
- ↑ HUDUser.gov, “HUD’d Historical Timeline, 1960,” accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ Federal Register, "Housing and Urban Development Department," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, "HUD History," accessed January 10, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Department of Housing and Urban Development, "Mission," accessed January 13, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, "2024 Congressional Justifications," accessed February 26, 2024
- ↑ BestPlacestoWork.org, “Department of Housing and Urban Development,” accessed February 26, 2024
- ↑ ‘’HUD,’’ ‘’About,’’ accessed April 4, 2023
- ↑ HUD, Public Housing Programs, accessed April 11, 2023
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ HUD exchange, MTW, accessed April 11, 2023
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