Tribal, Urban and Rural Housing to Be Priority for New Head of HUD

Kevin A. Thompson
February 9, 2025

Photo: Scott Turner when he was a Texas state Representative in 2014, by MavsFan28, Wikimedia Commons

Trump's New HUD Secretary Scott Turner promises to

"build up communities all across America; communities that are Urban, communities that are Tribal, communities that are Rural,"

in his first address to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. As HUD Secretary, Mr. Turner will also be in charge of the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)
For more info on the intertwined relationship of Tribal and Public Housing, click here.

The Office of Public and Indian Housing is part of HUD.

Secretary Turner had also worked with the prior Trump administration on  Enterprise Zones with then HUD Secretary Ben Carson.