Former NFL Player Confirmed To President Trump’s Cabinet

The Senate confirmed former NFL player Scott Turner to serve as President Trump’s secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Turner secured the nomination in a 55-44 vote.

Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Peter Welch (D-VT) were the only Democrats to vote for the former Texas state representative.

CONFIRMED: Eric “Scott” Turner as the 19th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pic.twitter.com/dfZ0Jy2uR1

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Per USA TODAY:

Turner takes over a roughly $68 billion agency that provides rental assistance, builds and preserves affordable housing, addresses homelessness and enforces the Fair Housing Act that prohibits discrimination in housing. The department aids 4.3 million low-income families through public housing, rental subsidy and voucher programs.

In Turner’s hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee last month, he said he wants to fix broken policy areas, ween Americans off of government assistance and prioritize building more homes.

“As a country, we’re not building enough housing,” Turner said in his opening statement. “We need millions more homes of all kinds, single family, apartments, condos, duplexes, manufactured housing, you name it, so individuals and families can have a roof over their heads and a place to call home.”

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He said it is his goal “to help people get off government assistance, become self-sustainable and achieve the American dream.”

BREAKING: Former NFL player Scott Turner confirmed to lead Housing and Urban Developmenthttps://t.co/9l62Xc3LN0

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 5, 2025

Congratulations to Scott Turner on being confirmed as the 19th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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— Department of Housing and Urban Development (@HUDgov) February 5, 2025

From the Associated Press:

During Trump’s first term, Turner served as the Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, where he helped direct the “opportunity zone” program that aims to boost private investment in struggling cities. Investors who participate can defer taxes on gains made into qualifying low-income neighborhoods until the program expires in late 2026.

The policy was championed by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and enacted in Trump’s 2017 tax cuts law. Turner has said he wants to expand the program’s efforts.

“I saw firsthand the impact of this initiative, as it gave Americans living in underserved communities an opportunity, a foundation to start businesses, to live in better homes, to be self-sustaining, to be confident, and to unleash that promise and potential that the lord has given each of us in our country,” Turner said during his confirmation hearing.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wy., touted that the program under Turner’s leadership “secured $50 billion in private investments” for struggling communities.

“These investments helped to revitalize many forgotten communities,” Barrasso said. “Scott Turner was instrumental in their success. He is the right man to help ensure opportunity now.”

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