Scott Turner, former state legislator, NFL player and pastor from Plano, Texas, will take over as the new Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Given that the history of HUD is about everything that Donald Trump wants to change in Washington, Turner has a great challenge and opportunity.
That is, HUD is all about government.
Turner has many great ideas, and among these he’s thinking about changing the name of the department.
My vote would be changing the name to HCD, Housing and Community Development.
Community Development would emphasize programs to remove government barriers to investment and growth and foster market-based solutions for fighting poverty. This effort could include programs such as opportunity zones, which were in the process of getting launched in Trump’s first term, which target distressed ZIP codes for tax…
