As the author of Project 2025, Carson called for increased FHA premiums and a “reset” of HUD to reverse “the corrosive progressive ideology that runs throughout the department’s programs.”
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Ben Carson, who served as housing secretary during the first Trump administration, said, “His preference is to return to the same position if he wishes,” Politico reported, citing a person familiar with the transition.
Editor’s note: On Friday night, President-elect Donald Trump announced the nominations of former Texas congressman Scott Turner as housing secretary and hedge fund executive Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary. Mr. Turner is director of the Center for Educational Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute.
Carson posted to X on Sunday that he plans to meet with the president-elect in the near future and is “excited to speak with President Trump about how we can continue to advance our America First policies.”
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Carson, a former neurosurgeon, also denied reports that he might serve as Surgeon General during President Trump’s second term.
I am excited to speak with President Trump about how we can continue to advance America First policies and plan to meet with him in the near future.
However, contrary to reports, I am not seeking to serve as Surgeon General.
— Ben & Candy Carson (@RealBenCarson) November 17, 2024
Immediately after the election, the New York Post reported that Mr. Carson was interested in becoming Secretary of Health and Human Services, but that Mr. Trump had committed the role to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In his chapter on Project 2025, Carson outlines how conservatives envision a reorganization of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, calling for a “reset” of HUD and calling for “a corrosive shift across the department’s programs.” “Including a broad reversal of the Biden administration’s sustained implementation of progressive ideology.” ”
Carson’s chapter on Project 2025 will raise FHA mortgage insurance premiums, end HUD’s efforts to address appraisal bias and climate change issues, and encourage states and local governments to build more affordable housing. They are calling for the abolition of the Housing Supply Fund, which provides subsidies.
The housing industry and lending organizations have advocated for HUD to lower FHA insurance premiums and eliminate premium payments “during the life of the loan” after a borrower acquires 20% equity in a home.
Carson’s chapter on Project 2025 calls for “a major overhaul of HUD that would consider delegating many HUD functions to state and local governments and consolidating remaining federal functions with other federal agencies.” We urge Congress to consider this.
Another chapter of Project 2025, not written by Carson, calls for the Treasury Department to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in an “orderly manner” and privatize the companies, which have been in government conservatorship since 2008. claims.
Project 2025 is a 922-page policy document compiled by the Heritage Foundation and an advisory committee of more than 100 conservative organizations that details the policy positions they want President Trump to adopt.
President Trump rejected Project 2025 during his campaign, calling some of its proposals “terrible,” but named several of its authors to Cabinet and key leadership positions.
ABC News reports that these candidates include Brendan Carr for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, John Ratcliffe for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Tom Homan for “border czar,” which is not a formal cabinet position. It is said that Mr.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include that former Texas congressman Scott Turner has been nominated to be the next housing secretary and hedge fund executive Scott Bessent has been nominated to be Treasury secretary. .
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