{"id":10905,"date":"2017-03-02T10:25:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T16:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=10905"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:50:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T16:50:21","slug":"hud-secretary-ben-carson-confirmed-senate-58-41-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/politics\/hud-secretary-ben-carson-confirmed-senate-58-41-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"HUD Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson confirmed by Senate in a 58-41 vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carson confirmed, but not without contention<\/h2>\n

Famed neurosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson was\u00a0approved in a 58-41 vote in the Senate roll call this morning, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Because his experience is in the medical field, not housing, some rejected the idea of his overseeing such an important part of the government without credentials. That said, a Senate committee vote in January unanimously supported him, and yesterday, lawmakers voted, 62-37, to move his nomination to the final vote.<\/p>\n

At Dr. Carson’s confirmation hearing earlier this year, he said he believes in a more “holistic approach” than HUD’s current efforts, but has not expanded on his plans or vision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

National Association of Realtors\u00ae President William E. Brown said, “Dr. Carson should be proud of his achievement. The task at hand is a big one, and we applaud his commitment to the challenges that lie ahead.”<\/p>\n

Read also: The case for why HUD is so critical, why Carson’s role is vital<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n

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\nBrown added that \u201cNAR has been the voice of real estate for over a century. In that time we\u2019ve seen changes in markets, in Washington, and in the business of our Realtor\u00ae members. But there\u2019s a reason that homeownership is called the \u2018American Dream,\u2019 and that hasn\u2019t changed one bit. Homeownership helps build communities and build wealth for families. And we know that the policies set in Washington can make a real difference for individual Americans as they work to realize the dream of homeownership for themselves.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re committed to helping them get there, which means addressing the hurdles buyers, current homeowners and investors face in the marketplace,” said Brown. “Housing inventories are tight and mortgage credit is hard to come by, and at the same time far too many buyers are saddled with high rents and student debt that stand in the way of saving for a down payment.”<\/p>\n

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President applauds his nominee<\/h2>\n

Last week, President Trump called Dr. Carson a “brilliant neurosurgeon” that has been a life saver. While touring alongside Dr. Carson, the president reiterated, “We’re going to do great things in our African-American communities,” and lauded Dr. Carson’s role in that commitment.<\/p>\n

Dr. Carson’s department has a $47 billion budget and currently has over 8,000 employees and is the primary enforcement agency for the Fair Housing laws the real estate industry has fought hard to protect.<\/p>\n

President Trump said, “Ben is going to work with me very, very closely. And HUD has a meaning far beyond housing. If properly done, it’s a meaning that’s as big as anything there is, and Ben will be able to find that true meaning, and the true meaning of HUD as its secretary.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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(POLITICS) Dr. Ben Carson has passed the Senate confirmation vote today. President Trump obviously supports him, and NAR has words of encouragement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335811,"featured_media":9916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[365],"tags":[1321,368,1234],"class_list":["post-10905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ben-carson","tag-hud","tag-real-estate-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/ben-carson.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10905"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10915,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905\/revisions\/10915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}