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Marcia L. Fudge was sworn in as the 18th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday after the U.S. Senate confirmed her on a bipartisan 66-34 vote.
Fudge has represented northeastern Ohio’s 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008. Before that she had been the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, since 2000.
She is the second Black woman to serve as HUD secretary and the first in more than 40 years. The first was Patricia Roberts Harris, who was appointed under President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
Fudge is taking on the job as the nation struggles with a housing crisis. The pandemic has resulted in billions of dollars in back rent, an uncertain future for tenants and landlords and housing supply is so low that lawmakers and economists are worried that the resulting home price increases will “choke off” buyers.
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