WASHINGTON – Former Texas state Rep. Scott Turner, picked by president-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, told a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday that the department is failing “its most basic mission.”
Appearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Turner said: “HUD's mission is to create strong and sustainable communities and support quality affordable housing serving the most vulnerable of our nation. Yet, as we sit here, we have a housing crisis in our country.”
