Trump’s HUD Secretary Scott Turner warns over dangerous US lifestyle
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Original Coverage: Trump’s HUD Secretary Scott Turner warns over dangerous US lifestyle | Fox Business Video
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner weighs in on welfare cuts and how the department plans to make programs more efficient. Watch the live stream of Fox News and full episodes.
Trump Official Declares Welfare Has Become ‘a Lifestyle’ in the US, Pushes for ‘Able-Bodied Adults’ to Work
Housing Secretary Scott Turner sparked controversy this week by declaring that welfare has become “a lifestyle” in the U.S. Turner urged that “able-bodied adults” receiving government assistance should be required to work. America’s welfare system was originally designed to support the most vulnerable — including low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities.
HUD chief puts illegal aliens living in government-funded housing on notice: Americans are ‘our only priority’
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner warned illegal immigrants living in government-funded housing. Turner told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that HUD is prioritizing only Americans under the Trump administration. Turner has been on an immigration blitz, including joining forces with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to form a new interagency initiative. The pair of Trump officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding Monday that solidified the partnership in its effort to end “wasteful misappropriation” of taxpayer-funded public housing resources. Turner cited that crime, drug use and illegal immigration have all compounded the U.S.’ crisis of homelessness, drug addiction and crime. “Government is not the answer” to issues related to America’s housing crisis, he said, but instead must operate as a “partner” to the private sector, faith-based programs and nonprofits. The HUD secretary previously served as the executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during the first Trump administration and led the initiative to revitalize economically distressed areas with affordable housing and food deserts in inner cities. The Obama administration rolled out “harmful” immigration policies that worsened homelessness and prioritized illegal immigrants over American citizens in need of housing, Turner said.
HUD Could Cut Staff by Up to 50% in DOGE Purge
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development could be on the brink of losing up to half of its staff as part of a wider federal government purge led by Elon Musk’s DOGE task force. HUD Secretary Scott Turner said he has launched his own Department of Government Efficiency task force to “eliminate waste, fraud and abuse” HUD representatives have not addressed the reports of plans for mass layoffs. Democrats have set off a wave of panic on the Senate Banking Committee, warning that cutting staff at HUD could jeopardize the agency’s ability to address the nation’s housing crisis and serve the most vulnerable. The fate of the FHA remains unclear at this time, with some news outlets suggesting that the mortgage insurer could be looking at only minor cuts. The anticipated HUD layoffs arepart of a broader crusade led by Musk’s DOGe, which has already forced out thousands of federal workers across nearly a dozen agencies in the first month of Trump’s second term in office. A HUD employee speaking to the outlet on condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation said their colleagues seemed visibly shaken by the “shocking” and “drastic” planned layoffs. The agency could lose up to 40
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- Original: Trump’s HUD Secretary Scott Turner warns over dangerous US lifestyle | Fox Business Video
- Trump Official Declares Welfare Has Become ‘a Lifestyle’ in the US, Pushes for ‘Able-Bodied Adults’ to Work
- HUD chief puts illegal aliens living in government-funded housing on notice: Americans are ‘our only priority’
- HUD Could Cut Staff by Up to 50% in DOGE Purge
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