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Showing posts with label US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Show all posts

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Obama Names NY Housing Commissioner to Head HUD


From OneNewsNow
By Philip Elliot


President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named New York City housing commissioner Shaun Donovan to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, turning to a former Clinton administration aide with a national reputation for developing affordable housing.

Obama praised Donovan's record at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, where he managed a $7.5 billion plan that put a half million New Yorkers in affordable housing. The Harvard-educated architect also kept foreclosures away from New York's low- and moderate-income home ownership plan, with just five foreclosures out of 17,000 participating homes.

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