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On Thursday, HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson announced new measures to protect the financial integrity of the department. "We simply need to do better. An updated system of internal controls will provide our agency with greater certainty that the dollars ...

On Thursday, HUD Secretary Ben Carson fired back against accusations that proposed changes to the HUD mission statement represented a rolling back of the agency's commitment to fair housing practices. Carson was responding to reports earlier in the week that HUD ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday announced an award of $2 billion in support of thousands of local housing and service programs across the U.S. This year’s installment of the annual HUD Continuum of Care grants will ...

The Texas Gulf Coast was pummelled by Hurricane Harvey. Here’s how a $5 billion HUD grant will help those still in need.

On Wednesday the FHA released its Annual Report to Congress reporting the economic condition of its mortgage insurance fund—stirring reactions about the future of the agency and homeownership.

Thursday morning, HUD Secretary Ben Carson appeared in front of the full Financial Services Committee for the first time, detailing what his vision is for the future of HUD.

The poorest Americans have been paying more to live in substandard conditions. Trump administration says it may be time to take a more businesslike approach to the problem.

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Mastro (D-Nev.) recently headed a letter that 29 other U.S. senators signed regarding changes that were made on HUD’s website concerning the LGBTQ community. Why were the changes made and will they be reinstated on the website?

The 2017 Housing Budget appeared in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee Thursday morning and was met with strong words from its members. While defending the proposal, Secretary Carson remained poised, articulate, and open as he fielded questions and concerns. He went on to say that the playbook needed to be changed because, “the pie is only so big.”

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, in an interview with NPR, has attempted to clarify last month’s controversial comment that “poverty is a state of mind.” Carson has received extensive criticism from housing advocates and the media for his comment in what has been deemed insensitive in light of proposed budget cuts to the Secretary’s department. Carson defended his position by stating that while he did say that the way a person thinks is a factor in getting out of poverty, he did not say it was the only factor, or that simply wishing away poverty was enough to get a person out of it.