{"id":10779,"date":"2024-11-25T18:15:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T23:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?p=10779"},"modified":"2024-11-25T18:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T23:15:49","slug":"national-fair-housing-alliance-issues-statement-on-scott-turners-nomination-for-hud-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/national-fair-housing-alliance-issues-statement-on-scott-turners-nomination-for-hud-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement on Scott Turner\u2019s Nomination for HUD Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">November 25, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Contact <a href=\"mailto:NFHA@skdknick.com\">NFHA@skdknick.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph has-text-align-center\"><strong>National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement on Scott Turner\u2019s Nomination for HUD Secretary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Washington, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance\u00ae (NFHA\u2122) released the following statement from Lisa Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer in response to Scott Turner, former Member of Congress (Texas) and former director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council\u2019s nomination for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cWhere you live has a big impact on how your life unfolds, and that varies greatly by neighborhood. The next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has tremendous shoes to fill and must prioritize actions that will achieve HUD\u2019s mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities, provide affordable housing opportunities, and enforce the nation\u2019s premier fair housing statute. Scott Turner has been nominated to lead HUD at a time when the number of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/hUXSCXDARPtG69Jt6fxHWRdTf\">housing discrimination complaints<\/a>&nbsp;is at an all-time high and the nation is facing a fair and affordable housing crisis. Voters are demanding solutions to drive down the cost of housing, mortgage credit, and homeowners insurance, fill the nation\u2019s over 4 million units affordable housing gap, and build viable, resilient communities where everyone can thrive. Voters nationwide are also pushing for increased fair and affordable housing funding\u2014turning to ballot measures from Charlotte to Los Angeles to address the housing shortage, rising homelessness, and increased fair housing challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">NFHA\u2122 urges Scott Turner, if confirmed, to fully enforce the Fair Housing Act which provides the blueprint to ensure equal access to the American dream for everyone. HUD\u2019s next Secretary must tackle housing\u2019s outsized role in driving inflation, delivering relief to everyday people and fairly expanding the Housing Choice Voucher Program as well as homeownership opportunities for first-generation homebuyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">HUD\u2019s new leader should ensure private fair housing centers\u2014which service roughly 75 percent of all fair housing complaints\u2014have the resources they need to provide critical services to consumers in local communities. Moreover, if confirmed, Mr. Turner should build on solutions like the Homeowner Assistance Fund and Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which kept millions of individuals and families housed during the COVID pandemic and helped allay a second foreclosure crisis. Additionally, Mr. Turner should work to curb discrimination, which costs the economy trillions, by focusing on reforming the systemic undervaluation of homes in Black and Latino communities. Inaccurate and biased appraisals were found to have robbed homeowners in predominantly Black neighborhoods of at least&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/ELz3CYEBRZug098iGhAHxp5nJ\">$162 billion<\/a>&nbsp;in 113 metro areas. He should ensure fair pricing for mortgage loans by supporting Special Purpose Credit Programs and the use of positive rental payments and consumer cash flow data in mortgage underwriting since some credit scoring systems can perpetuate bias and\/or significantly burden residents of the south. Lastly, if confirmed, Mr. Turner must fight for the necessary resources to effectively lead HUD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">During his previous administration, President-elect Trump gutted HUD\u2019s staff and budget, including cuts to the Community Development Block Grant program, Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and HOME grant program, which jeopardized HUD\u2019s ability to address the nation\u2019s fair and affordable housing crisis or effectively handle thousands of housing discrimination complaints. Ensuring critical support for HUD\u2019s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and local fair lending enforcement agencies is crucial to HUD\u2019s important mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">The HUD Secretary also provides key oversight to ensure the Government Sponsored Enterprises comply with the Fair Housing Act and must help implement HUD and the Federal Housing Finance Agency\u2019s \u201cMemorandum of Understanding Regarding Fair Housing and Fair Lending Coordination.\u201d NFHA\u2122 has worked with HUD under both Republican and Democratic administrations to assist HUD in facilitating this important function. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, via implementation of their Equitable Housing Finance Plans, are delivering on their statutory obligations to ensure credit liquidity for underserved consumers and communities. NFHA\u2122 will take every step to ensure any discussions to privatize these housing giants will center their fair housing and duty-to-serve responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">NFHA\u2122 is ready to work with the next administration and HUD\u2019s leadership to develop a comprehensive national housing strategy, including tackling local exclusionary zoning ordinances that block fair and affordable housing for millions of individuals and families. Our obligation is to hold every presidential administration accountable for ensuring the promise of fair housing for all is upheld. We stand ready to defend any attempt to weaken existing fair housing and civil rights protections. Now is the time to advance fair housing opportunities for everyone, not just some.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph has-text-align-left\"><em>The <\/em><strong>National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)<\/strong><em> is the country\u2019s only national civil rights organization dedicated solely to eliminating all forms of housing and lending discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities for all people. As the trade association for over 170 fair housing and justice-centered organizations and individuals throughout the U.S. and its territories, NFHA works to dismantle longstanding barriers to equity and build diverse, inclusive, well-resourced communities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2024 Contact NFHA@skdknick.com National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement on Scott Turner\u2019s Nomination for HUD Secretary Washington, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance\u00ae (NFHA\u2122) released the following statement from Lisa Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer in response to Scott Turner, former Member of Congress (Texas) and former director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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