Department of Housing and Urban Development nominee Eric Scott Turner said his main goal would be to tackle the housing shortage.

Scott Turner, an official during the first Trump administration, said that the country was not building enough homes and that the housing department was “failing at its most basic mission.”

Senators pressed Department of Housing and Urban Development nominee Eric Scott Turner on how he would tackle housing affordability and homelessness.

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a nearly $12 billion allocation of funding for 24 states and territories, seeking to find a path to full recovery. Announced on January 7,

The federal grant is intended to support local efforts to expand housing access and affordability over the next five years.

Zoning laws, occupancy limits, and short-term rental restrictions are keeping housing off the market and driving up costs.

The federal grant gives Portland $7 million to streamline building process, preserve affordable units and expand homeownership opportunities.

The City participates in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Annual Point in Time Count of the Homeless.

The grant will fund the building of the Lotus Village at the Lakes. It is a new affordable housing development for seniors on 6.3 acres at 15300 Plank Road in Baker. The project will build 49

THA maintained 631 affordable housing units and added 148 more. Their plans for 2025 would add approximately 300 more units of housing.

Founded in 1979 by developer Jorge Perez, The Related Group has built more than 100,000 condo and apartment units across the U.S. Its affordable housing wing, Related Urban, has built and renovated at least 6,500 residential units in Florida.