Category: Marcia Fudge

HUD ‘Unlikely’ to Get Biden’s Budget Recommendations, Lawmakers Tell Secretary Fudge

April 18, 2023
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Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge testified before the House Appropriations Committee on April 18, defending President Joe Biden’s 2024 budget requests for the agency. Biden’s budget proposal includes $73.3 billion for HUD, which is around $1.1 billion more than the funding level in 2023. The measure is also asking for $104 billion…

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Biden Moves to Revive Obama Plan to Federalize Suburban Zoning Regulations

April 12, 2021
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Buried in the nearly 18,000-word White House Fact Sheet on President Joe Biden’s proposed $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan” infrastructure bill is one paragraph that could turn the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) into a zoning commission for suburban America. “For decades, exclusionary zoning laws—like minimum lot sizes, mandatory parking requirements, and prohibitions…

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Senate Confirms Ohio Rep. Fudge as Housing Secretary

March 10, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The Senate has confirmed Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, placing the longtime Ohio lawmaker in charge of the agency just as Congress passed new benefits for renters and homeowners who have suffered economic losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Fudge, who has represented parts of Cleveland and Akron in the…

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