HUD is officially under a second investigation.
Department of Housing and Urban Development officials spent north of $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson’s office in late 2017, and the woman who reported the expense says she was demoted for blowing the whistle. Around the time White House officials were announcing plans to slash HUD’s programs for the homeless, elderly […]
Memos reveal officials were uneasy.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Wednesday he expects to release a policy agenda within the next few months that delivers “bang for the buck,” partly by encouraging more private-sector collaboration. In an interview with The Associated Press, Carson said he expects to advance public-private partnerships, extending low-income housing […]
The irony is delicious.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday compared slavery to immigration in the United States, a view that experts on slavery called inaccurate and a misleading reading of American history. Carson, who was confirmed as HUD secretary last week and is the only black member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, […]
In an example of what happens if you don’t go along to get along with Donald Trump‘s program, a young black conservative has fired from his job at HUD and was literally shown the door. Shermichael Singleton, a political appointee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development was fired for an op-ed he wrote before […]
Dr. Ben Carson and I are both African-American men who hail from Detroit. And that’s where the similarities end. Carson, who has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become the next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a brilliant neurosurgeon but who has zero experience running a massive federal agency. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson defended his experience and credentials Thursday to serve as the nation’s new housing secretary, turning to his life story to show that he understands the needs of the country’s most vulnerable. President-elect Donald Trump wants Carson, a former White House rival, to lead the Department of […]
Ben Carson considers a Trump cabinet position. Previously, the retired surgeon said he's unqualified to head a federal department.
If you thought housing discrimination was dead — you thought wrong. According to HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, housing discrimination is still…
