Ben Carson talks HUD reform, vouchers, housing savings accounts before tour of notorious apartments
There was a lot of head scratching when President Trump decided that Dr. Ben Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon, would be just the person to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (Rep. Nancy Pelosi released a statement calling Carson “disturbingly unqualified.”)
Carson got off to a rough start when he referred to slaves as immigrants in a speech to his new staff, but today he got down to business, touring Eureka Gardens with Sen. Marco Rubio. The subsidized housing complex in Jacksonville, Fla., had managed to maintain its HUD contract despite failing multiple inspections.
Eureka Gardens Apartments scored 59 on last inspection. HUD Secretsry Carson Sen. Rubio will tour complex today. #GMJ
— Alex Osiadacz (@AlexOsiadacz) April 11, 2017
Fixing Eureka Gardens has been a priority of Rubio’s for a while now; during testimony last fall, Rubio fingered HUD for enabling slumlords.
FL. Sens Rubio and Nelson finish testimony. @senmarcorubio says "slumlords caused the problems but HUD enabled it." pic.twitter.com/8onOOzey35
— George Colli (@GeorgeColli) September 22, 2016
Tuesday’s tour with Carson seemed to go well.
Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Al Lawson talk HUD reform in Jacksonville https://t.co/oKzOYMX9hP #FlaPol #jaxpol via @aggancarski pic.twitter.com/xkZWg8pQpb
— Florida Politics (@Fla_Pol) April 11, 2017
Joined Senator @marcorubio and @RepAlLawsonJr today to tour Eureka Gardens and discuss the future of the complex with residents.
— Ben Carson (@SecretaryCarson) April 11, 2017
Making progress at #EurekaGardens All the credit goes to the residents & the local media that highlighted the terrible conditions https://t.co/EW2NqiA8yC
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) April 11, 2017
@marcorubio Congratulations Senator, we see a lot of accomplishments going your way! Thank you for being a loud voice for Floridians and all Americans!
— Jackie Ionescu (@jackieionescu) April 11, 2017
@marcorubio Keep fighting Senator! A lot of the credit goes to YOU for spotlighting this issue. Don't underestimate the power of your voice.
— sumarie711 (@sumarie711) April 11, 2017
@marcorubio So glad to hear HUD reform is happening.
— Jeremy Grimes (@imJeremyGrimes) April 11, 2017
Welcome to @CityofJax! @SecretaryCarson discusses the importance of working across silos with hundreds of @HUDSoutheast @HUDgov employees. pic.twitter.com/YuMDyPRcSl
— Lynne Patton (@LynnePattonHUD) April 11, 2017
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