Scott Turner, former NFL football player, is set to appear before the Senate on Thursday morning to be confirmed as the next HUD secretary.
Picked to lead HUD, the former Texas House member tells senators there is a housing crisis. Democrats question whether any plans will succeed without more spending.
While reactions largely fall within partisan lines, both parties appear poised to work with new HUD leadership to tackle housing challenges.
A former Texas legislator and NFL player, Turner has been tasked with overhauling the country's affordable housing system.
There were sports analogies galore but few policy specifics during Scott Turner’s confirmation hearing on Thursday to become housing secretary.
A former NFL player and representative in the Texas Legislature, Turner served in the first Trump term to lead development in "opportunity zones."
Department of Housing and Urban Development nominee Eric Scott Turner said his main goal would be to tackle the housing shortage.
Senate Banking Republicans and Democrats sparred over whether to increase funding for affordable housing or use existing funding better as they pushed Eric Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Former North Texas representative Scott Turner will take questions from senators as he looks to become Donald Trump's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Former NFL player Scott Turner, Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, will appear before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee on Thursday morning around 10:00 a.m. Turner worked in Trump's first ...
Watch the replay of the HUD secretary confirmation hearing as Scott Turner testified in front of a Senate committee.
Scott Turner will be questioned by senators from both parties during his upcoming confirmation hearing and will be given an opportunity to make his case for leading the agency.