United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Head of the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development; member of the Cabinet
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Style |
Madam Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal) |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | President of the United States |
Seat | Robert C. Weaver Federal Building , Washington, D.C. |
Appointer |
The
President
with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | 42 U.S.C. § 3532 |
Formation | September 9, 1965 ; 57 years ago ( 1965-09-09 ) |
First holder | Robert C. Weaver |
Succession | Thirteenth [1] |
Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
Salary | Executive Schedule, level I |
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The United States secretary of housing and urban development (or HUD secretary ) is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development , a member of the president's Cabinet , and thirteenth in the presidential line of succession . The post was created with the formation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on September 9, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson 's signing of ( Pub. L. 89–174 : The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act ) into law. [2] The department's mission is "to increase homeownership , support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination." [3]
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule , [4] thus earning a salary of US$ 221,400, as of January 2021. [5]
As of March 10, 2021 [ update ] , Marcia Fudge is the secretary of housing and urban development.
List of secretaries of housing and urban development
- Parties
Democratic (9) Republican (9)
- Status
No. | Portrait | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) | |
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1 | Robert C. Weaver | New York | January 18, 1966 | December 18, 1968 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
2 | Robert C. Wood | Massachusetts | January 7, 1969 | January 20, 1969 | |||
3 | George W. Romney | Michigan | January 22, 1969 | January 20, 1973 | Richard Nixon | ||
4 | James T. Lynn | Ohio | February 2, 1973 | February 5, 1975 | |||
Gerald Ford | |||||||
5 | Carla A. Hills | California | March 10, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | |||
6 | Patricia R. Harris | District of Columbia | January 23, 1977 | September 10, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | ||
7 | Moon Landrieu | Louisiana | September 24, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | |||
8 | Samuel R. Pierce | New York | January 23, 1981 | January 20, 1989 | Ronald Reagan | ||
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J. Michael Dorsey
Acting |
New York | January 20, 1989 | February 13, 1989 | George H. W. Bush | ||
9 | Jack F. Kemp | New York | February 13, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | |||
10 | Henry G. Cisneros | Texas | January 22, 1993 | January 20, 1997 | Bill Clinton | ||
11 | Andrew M. Cuomo | New York | January 29, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | |||
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William C. Apgar
Acting |
January 20, 2001 | January 24, 2001 | George W. Bush | |||
12 | Mel Martinez | Florida | January 24, 2001 | August 13, 2004 | |||
13 | Alphonso Jackson | Texas | August 13, 2004 | September 1, 2004 | |||
September 1, 2004 | April 18, 2008 | ||||||
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Roy A. Bernardi
Acting |
New York | April 18, 2008 | June 4, 2008 | |||
14 | Steve Preston | Illinois | June 4, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | |||
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Brian D. Montgomery
Acting |
Texas | January 20, 2009 | January 26, 2009 | Barack Obama | ||
15 | Shaun Donovan | New York | January 26, 2009 | July 28, 2014 | |||
16 | Julián Castro | Texas | July 28, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | |||
– |
Craig Clemmensen
Acting |
January 20, 2017 | March 2, 2017 | Donald Trump | |||
17 | Ben Carson | Florida | March 2, 2017 | January 20, 2021 | |||
– |
Matt Ammon
Acting |
January 20, 2021 | March 10, 2021 | Joe Biden | |||
18 | Marcia Fudge | Ohio | March 10, 2021 | Incumbent |
References
- ↑ "3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act" . LII / Legal Information Institute . Retrieved July 17, 2018 .
- ↑ "HUD History" . U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010 . Retrieved January 10, 2010 .
- ↑ "Mission" . U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010 . Retrieved January 10, 2010 .
- ↑ 5 U.S.C. § 5312 .
- ↑ "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)" (PDF) .
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U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
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Preceded by as Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Order of precedence of the United States
as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
Succeeded by as Secretary of Transportation |
U.S. presidential line of succession | ||
Preceded by | 13th in line | Succeeded by |