{"id":2445492,"date":"2025-06-10T16:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hud-secretary-scott-turner-takes-flak-over-proposed-budget-cuts\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T16:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:35:35","slug":"hud-secretary-scott-turner-takes-flak-over-proposed-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hud-secretary-scott-turner-takes-flak-over-proposed-budget-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"HUD Secretary Scott Turner takes flak over proposed budget cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhud-secretary-scott-turner-takes-flak-over-proposed-budget-cuts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2445492&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-great-awakening-or-great-reset\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset?\">recent congressional hearing<\/a>,Housing and Urban Growth (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner faced meaningful criticism regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-kills-trump-budget-cuts-totaling-27-4-billion\/\" title=\"Biden Kills Trump ... ... Totaling .4 Billion\">proposed budget cuts<\/a> to his agency. The fiscal year 2026 budget plan suggests a drastic 51% reduction, from $72.6 billion to $43.5 billion,leading to the elimination of several critical programs,including rental assistance initiatives. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman expressed her concerns directly to Turner, questioning how he could advocate for such cuts while claiming to care for vulnerable populations. Other representatives also highlighted the importance of faith and action in addressing the housing crisis, criticizing Turner for his stance on diversity and inclusion without providing tangible solutions. Turner defended the proposed changes, asserting the necessity for a new approach to HUD&#8217;s operations and local flexibility to address specific needs. The discussion underscored tensions between congressional members advocating for housing support and Turner&#8217;s vision for the agency&#8217;s future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i 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class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2129987\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-housing-and-urban-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Housing and Urban Development\">Housing and Urban Development<\/a> Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3311183\/how-trump-hud-secretary-scott-turner-tackle-housing-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Scott Turner<\/a> faced a tough crowd at a congressional hearing Tuesday over the administration&rsquo;s major proposed cuts to his agency.  <\/p>\n<p>In his appearance before the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appropriations-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Appropriations Committee<\/a>&lsquo;s transportation, housing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-says-agency-will-work-on-safety-improvements-in-wake-of-east-palestine-crash\/\" title=\"Buttigieg says ... will work on safety improvements in wake of East Palestine crash\">urban development subcommittee<\/a>, Turner took flack for the planned 51% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"budget cut\">cut<\/a> to the agency included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fiscal year 2026 budget proposal<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3435816\/first-round-june-social-security-payments-1-day\/\">First round of June Social Security payments goes out in 1 day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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care about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">these populations<\/a> when you are willing to come here and advocate for a 51% reduction in the budget,&rdquo; Watson Coleman said.<\/p>\n<p>The cut of HUD of about $35.5 billion includes the elimination of programs such as the self-sufficiency program, which is a type of rental assistance for families in need. Some programs would be cut completely, such as the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, a grant that provides low-income housing, and the Pathways to Removing Obstacles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Housing<\/a>, which provides competitive need-based grants.&nbsp;The HUD budget for fiscal 2025 was $72.6 billion. The Trump administration&rsquo;s proposal for fiscal 2026 is for $43.5 billion. It is Congress, though, that will decide how much to appropriate for the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Quigley <\/a>(D-IL) cited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Turner&rsquo;s Christian faith<\/a>, saying that &ldquo;faith without action is dead.&rdquo; Minority ranking member Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-clyburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Clyburn<\/a> (D-SC) spoke to the same sentiment, saying that Turner&rsquo;s criticism of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion<\/a> makes him seem uncaring.<\/p>\n<p>Turner kept calm for the duration of the hearing, though he did have the opportunity to comment on the state of the New York City Housing Authority, which Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) mentioned in reference to their deficit.<\/p>\n<p>The residents &ldquo;are living in deplorable conditions, it&rsquo;s not safe, the NYPD is not responding the way it should,&rdquo; Turner said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s just one example of a public housing authority being inefficient, but yet we want to continue the status quo. I&rsquo;m not interested in doing business as usual, the president is not, so the answer is it&rsquo;s a new culture, it&rsquo;s a new paradigm.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3436259\/house-democrats-rally-california-colleagues-combating-trump-la-ice-raids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Norma Torres<\/a> (D-CA), whose state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a> Turner accused of having a &ldquo;stewardship issue&rdquo; when it comes to the size of its homeless population, became frustrated with Turner&rsquo;s accusations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3412345\/doug-collins-veterans-affairs-force-reduction-veteran-homelessness-house-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">COLLINS GRILLED ON VA FORCE REDUCTION AND VETERAN HOMELESSNESS DURING HOUSE HEARING<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s what makes it even more unconscionable, that you are sitting here while California sends $83 billion more in federal taxes than we receive back. We&rsquo;re literally funding your salary as well as housing programs in other states while our own veterans sleep on the streets,&rdquo; Torres said.<\/p>\n<p>Turner&rsquo;s typical response to each question was HUD had a record budget during the Biden-Harris administration, but also extremely high rates of homelessness. He also emphasized the flexibility states would receive in order to best identify and work on their own local needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2129987\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2129987\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HUD Secretary Scott Turner criticized for budget cuts at hearing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3821,"featured_media":2445493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Turner-Testify-Budgets.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38037,15703,49892],"class_list":["post-2445492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-budget-cuts","tag-hud","tag-scott-turner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Turner-Testify-Budgets.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3821"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445492"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445496,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445492\/revisions\/2445496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2445493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}