United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of the United States of America
Seal of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Flag of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Incumbent Ben Carson since March 2, 2017
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Style	Mr. Secretary
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	The President
Seat	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	42 U.S.C. § 3532
Formation	September 9, 1965 (1965-09-09)
First holder	Robert C. Weaver
Succession	Thirteenth^[1]
Deputy	Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Salary	Executive Schedule, level 1
Website	www.HUD.gov

The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the President's Cabinet, and twelfth 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 the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (Pub.L. 89–174) into law.^[2] The Department's mission is "to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination."^[3]

Robert C. Weaver became the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed to the position. The department was also the first Cabinet department to be headed by an African American woman, Patricia Roberts Harris, in 1977. Henry Cisneros became the first Hispanic HUD Secretary in 1993.

Julian Castro was confirmed by Senate on July 9, 2014, and assumed office on July 28, 2014, succeeding Shaun Donovan, who was nominated to be the next Director of the Office of Management and Budget.^[4]^[5]

Ben Carson was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill this role. Carson was approved by the Senate on March 2, 2017.^[6]

List of Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development

Parties

Democratic (8) Republican (9)

Status

Denotes acting Secretary

No.	Name	State of residence	Took office	Left office
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	Lyndon B. Johnson
3	George W. Romney	Michigan	January 22, 1969	January 20, 1973	Richard Nixon
4	James T. Lynn	Ohio	February 2, 1973	February 5, 1975	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	Gerald Ford
6	Patricia R. Harris	District of Columbia	January 23, 1977	September 10, 1979	Jimmy Carter
7	Maurice E. Landrieu	Louisiana	September 24, 1979	January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
8	Samuel R. Pierce	New York	January 23, 1981	January 20, 1989	Ronald Reagan
–	J. Michael Dorsey Acting		January 20, 1989	February 13, 1989	George H. W. Bush
9	Jack F. Kemp	New York	February 13, 1989	January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
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	Bill Clinton
–	William C. Apgar Acting		January 20, 2001	January 24, 2001	George W. Bush
12	Mel Martinez	Florida	January 24, 2001	December 12, 2003
13	Alphonso Jackson	Texas	December 12, 2003	April 1, 2004
13	Alphonso Jackson	Texas	April 1, 2004	April 18, 2008
–	Roy A. Bernardi Acting	New York	April 18, 2008	June 4, 2008
14	Steve Preston	Illinois	June 4, 2008	January 20, 2009
–	Brian D. Montgomery Acting		January 20, 2009	January 26, 2009	Barack Obama
15	Shaun Donovan	New York	January 26, 2009	July 28, 2014
16	Julian 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	Incumbent	Donald Trump

Living former Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development

George W. Romney was sworn in as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on January 22, 1969, with President Richard Nixon in attendance.

As of August 2017, there are nine living former Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, the oldest being Maurice E. Landrieu (served 1979–1981, born 1930). The most recent Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to die was James T. Lynn (served 1973–1975, born 1927), who died on December 6, 2010. The most recently-serving Secretary to die was Jack Kemp (served 1989–1993, born 1935) on May 2, 2009.

Name	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Carla A. Hills	1975–1977	(1934-01-03) January 3, 1934
Maurice E. Landrieu	1979–1981	(1930-07-23) July 23, 1930
Henry G. Cisneros	1993–1997	(1947-06-11) June 11, 1947
Andrew M. Cuomo	1997–2001	(1957-12-06) December 6, 1957
Mel Martínez	2001–2003	(1946-10-23) October 23, 1946
Alphonso Jackson	2004–2008	(1945-08-09) August 9, 1945
Steve Preston	2008–2009	(1960-08-04) August 4, 1960
Shaun Donovan	2009–2014	(1966-01-24) January 24, 1966
Julian Castro	2014–2017	(1974-09-16) September 16, 1974

References

↑ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19
↑ "HUD History". U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
↑ "Mission". U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
↑ Jon Prior (July 9, 2014). "Julian Castro confirmed as secretary of Housing and Urban Development". Politico. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
↑ Gillman, Todd J. (July 25, 2014). "Julián Castro to take office Monday as Housing secretary". Dallas News.
↑ Reuters (2016-11-23). "Ben Carson accepts position as HUD secretary, maybe?". New York Post. Retrieved 2016-11-23.

Current U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services	Order of Precedence of the United States as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Succeeded by Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation
Current U.S. presidential line of succession
Preceded by Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price	13th in line	Succeeded by Secretary of Energy Rick Perry

Agencies under the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Headquarters: Robert C. Weaver Federal Building Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Janet Golrick, Acting Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Office of HUD Administrative Law Judges Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity
Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Community Planning and Development Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Federal Housing Administration Government National Mortgage Association Office of Policy Development and Research Office of Public and Indian Housing

Leaders of the United States federal executive departments
Current	Agriculture Commerce Defense Education Energy Health and Human Services Homeland Security Housing and Urban Development Interior Justice Labor State Transportation Treasury Veterans Affairs
Past	Commerce and Labor Health, Education, and Welfare Navy Post Office War

Presidential line of succession in the United States of America

↑ Although Elaine Chao is the current Secretary of Transportation, she is not a natural-born citizen (acquired U.S. citizenship by naturalization) and thus ineligible for the Presidency.

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