Spending more or spending better animates Turner’s HUD hearing
- Senate Banking Republicans and Democrats debated whether to increase funding for affordable housing or improve existing funding during a hearing for Eric Scott Turner, nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned Turner about supporting additional federal money to address a housing gap of about 7 million units, but Turner stated he would assess existing HUD initiatives.
- Turner emphasized the need to maximize the HUD budget of about $70 billion and acknowledged the country's housing and homelessness crisis, asserting that HUD is failing at its basic mission.
- The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill providing $78.2 billion in programmatic funding for HUD, and Turner's confirmation appears to be on track, with no immediate voting date set.
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