Scott Turner appears before the Senate ahead of his confirmation vote to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (Getty Images)
"American tax dollars should be used for the benefit of American citizens, especially when it comes to an issue as pressing as our nation’s housing crisis," Turner said Monday. "This new agreement will leverage resources, including technology and personnel, to ensure American people are the only priority when it comes to public housing. We will continue to work closely with DHS to maximize our resources and put American citizens first."
HUD Secretary Scott Turner meets with business and construction leaders in Philadelphia. (Fon News Digital)
Turner told Fox News Digital Thursday that the Biden administration rolled out "harmful" immigration policies that worsened homelessness across the U.S. and prioritized illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens in need of housing.
"We have a homelessness and we have a housing affordability crisis," he said. "During the Biden administration, there were very harmful, irresponsible border security and immigration policies. They prioritized illegal aliens over American citizens."
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Turner highlighted to Fox News Digital that "government is not the answer" to issues related to America's housing crisis, homelessness, drug addiction and crime, but instead must operate as a "partner" to the private sector, faith-based programs and nonprofits.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner traveled to Philadelphia on March 27, 2025. (Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Turner traveled to Philadelphia on Thursday to visit "Opportunity Zones" in the City of Brotherly Love. HUD's Opportunity Zones are defined as economically distressed areas across the nation that incentivize investment and economic development through federal tax benefits to investors.
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The HUD secretary previously served as the executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during the first Trump administration, and he led the Opportunity Zones Initiative to revitalize economically distressed areas with affordable housing, and the launch of new businesses — such as the creation of grocery stores in food deserts often found in inner cities.
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Fox News Digital's Alec Schemmel and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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