Biden Cabinet Member To Resign

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday she will step down from her position.

The former Ohio Congresswoman told USA Today “it’s time to go home.”

“I do believe strongly that I have done just about everything I could do at HUD for this administration as we go into this crazy, silly season of an election,” she added.

Fox News reported her last day is March 22nd.

BREAKING: Biden's cabinet secretary Marcia Fudge, steps down as U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary, citing the upcoming "crazy, silly" election as her reason for leaving the Biden admin. pic.twitter.com/0sWeYDFb2f

— The General (@GeneralMCNews) March 11, 2024

Per USA Today:

Fudge has served as a Cabinet secretary for three years, steering the federal agency through housing crises in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. She is the second Black woman to head the agency.

Fudge, 71, said after nearly five decades in public service, including more than a decade in Congress, she’s retiring from public life.

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Fudge’s last day is March 22. Her resignation comes as the campaign season heats up and President Joe Biden, the likely Democratic nominee, is expected to face off again against Republican former President Donald Trump.

Fudge said affordable housing should be a focus for both Republicans and Democrats.

‘‘It is not a red or blue issue,’’ she said. “Everybody knows that it is an issue so it’s not a one-sided issue. It’s an American issue.’’

Good riddance. Another member of Biden's cabinet bites the dust.

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge announced today that she'll be effectively leaving her post on the 22nd of March.

Are cabinet members starting to see the writing on the wall ?

Wonder who's next. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/8QslrSqzcz

— ⚔️ Silent Silas ⚔️ (@RagingKuJo1222) March 11, 2024

“From her time as a mayor, to her years as a fierce advocate in the U.S. House of Representatives, Marcia’s vision, passion, and focus on increasing economic opportunity have been assets to our country,” Joe Biden said in a statement.

“I’m grateful for all of her contributions toward a housing system that works for all Americans, and I wish her well in her next chapter,” he added.

Fox News added:

Biden described Fudge as a “strong voice for expanding efforts to build generational wealth through homeownership and lowering costs and promoting fairness for America’s renters.

“Under Marcia’s transformational leadership, we have worked hard to lower housing costs and increase supply. We’ve proposed the largest investment in affordable housing in U.S. history,” Biden added. “We’ve taken steps to aggressively combat racial discrimination in housing by ensuring home appraisals are more fair and by strengthening programs to redress the negative impacts of redlining. Thanks to Secretary Fudge, we’ve helped first-time homebuyers, and we are working to cut the cost of renting. And there are more housing units under construction right now than at any time in the last 50 years.”

Fudge, 71, served as a Democrat in the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2021, representing the 11th Congressional District of Ohio which includes the city of Cleveland.

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“She was a member of several Congressional Caucuses and past Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus,” her biography on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development website says, adding that in 1999, she “was elected the first female and first African American mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, a position she held for two terms.”