Saturday, January 31, 2026

HUD Secretary Donovan on the Importance of Broadband to Housing

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Imagine my utter delight to see the housing policy and tech policy worlds collide this week when HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan spoke of the importance of broadband access for all and how HUD is working to make it happen. In these brief remarks Secretary Donovan describes HUD’s initiative to bring broadband to federally assisted housing.

Do you agree that broadband should be made available to all Americans including access in federally assisted housing? Do you think HUD’s approach, namely public/private partnerships is the best way to accomplish this goal?

Melanie Wyne
Melanie Wyne
Melanie is the Senior Technology Policy Representative at the National Association of Realtors. That means she lobbies Congress and Federal Agencies on technology policy issues of importance to the real estate industry. In her pre-NAR life Melanie has been a practicing attorney and a software start-up executive. Like any native Californian, Melanie loves good wine and bountiful farmers markets.

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