Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing | |
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Department of Housing and Urban Development | |
Style | Madam Secretary The Honorable (formal address in writing) |
Reports to | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
Seat | Washington, D.C., US |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | 42 U.S.C. § 3533 |
Formation | September 9, 1965 |
First holder | Philip N. Brownstein |
Salary | Level IV of the Executive Schedule |
Website | www.HUD.gov |
The Assistant Secretary for Housing, who also carries the title Federal Housing Commissioner, is a position within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Assistant Secretary is responsible for overseeing the $400 billions Federal Housing Administration insurance portfolio. He or she also oversees the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulatory responsibilities in the areas of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the housing mission of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the manufactured housing industry. [1]
The Federal Housing Commissioner is appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate. [2] The Assistant Secretary is third in the order of succession for the office of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. [3] The Assistant Secretary is paid at level IV of the Executive Schedule, [4] meaning he or she receives a basic annual salary of $143,000. [5] The position is currently vacant. [6]
At the founding of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1965, one Assistant Secretary role was specifically designated to perform the functions of the existing role of Federal Housing Commissioner. [7] HUD Secretary George W. Romney split the role between two new titles, Assistant Secretary for Housing Production and Mortgage Credit (HPMC, for the production side of Sections 235 and 236 and public housing), combining the GHA Commissioner role, and a separate Assistant Secretary for Housing Management (HM). [8] Finally, on June 16, 1976, HUD Secretary Carla Hills merged the two roles into one single Assistant Secretary for Housing & Federal Housing Commissioner role, [9] which remains the title today.
Assistant Secretary – Federal Housing Commissioner
Image | Name | Term began | Term ended | President(s) |
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Philip N. Brownstein [10] | 1963† | 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
Eugene M. Gulledge [11] | 1969 | 1969 | Richard M. Nixon | |
†Incumbent FHA Commissioner at founding of Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary of Housing Production and Mortgage Credit – Federal Housing Commissioner
Image | Name | Term began | Term ended | President(s) served under |
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Eugene M. Gulledge [9] | October 1969 | January 1973 | Richard M. Nixon | |
Woodward Kingman (acting) [9] | January 1973 | June 1973 | ||
Sheldon B. Lubar [9] | July 1973 | November 1974 | ||
Gerald R. Ford | ||||
David M. DeWilde (acting) [9] | November 1974 | August 1975 | ||
David S. Cook [9] | August 1975 | June 14, 1976 [12] | ||
Assistant Secretary of Housing Management
Image | Name | Term began | Term ended | President(s) served under |
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Lawrence M. Cox [9] | March 1969 | July 1970 | Richard M. Nixon | |
Norman V. Watson [9] | July 1970 | January 1973 | ||
Abner Silverman (acting) [9] | January 1973 | March 1973 | ||
H.R. Crawford [9] | April 1973 | January 1976 | ||
Gerald R. Ford | ||||
Robert C. Odle, Jr. (acting) [9] | January 1976 | March 1976 | ||
James L. Young [9] | March 1976 | June 14, 1976 | ||
Assistant Secretary of Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner
Image | Name | Term began | Term ended | President(s) served under |
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James L. Young [9] | June 14, 1976 | December 1976 | Gerald R. Ford | |
John T. Howley (acting) | December 1976 | March 1977 | ||
Jimmy Carter | ||||
Lawrence B. Simons [9] | March 1977 [13] | 1980 | ||
Philip D. Winn [14] | 1981 | 1982 | Ronald Reagan | |
Philip Abrams [15] | 1982 | 1983 | ||
Maurice Lee Barksdale [16] | 1983 | 1985 | ||
Thomas Demery [17] | 1986 | 1989 | ||
Catherine Austin Fitts [18] | 1989 | 1990 | George H. W. Bush | |
Arthur J. Hill [19] | April 1991 | 1993 | ||
Nicolas P. Retsinas [20] | June 1993 | February 27, 1998 | Bill Clinton | |
William C. Apgar [21] | March 1998 | 2001 | ||
John C. Weicher [22] | June 1, 2001 [23] | 2005 | George W. Bush | |
Brian D. Montgomery [1] | February 2005 | July 2009 | ||
Barack Obama | ||||
David H. Stevens [24] | July 2009 | March 2011 | ||
Carol Galante [25] | July 2011 | December 2012 | ||
December 2012 | October 24, 2014 | |||
Biniam Gebre [26] | October 2014 | April 7, 2015 | ||
Ed Golding | April 7, 2015 | January 20, 2017 | ||
Dana T. Wade [27] | July 2017 | June 5, 2018 | Donald Trump | |
Brian D. Montgomery [28] | June 5, 2018 | May 12, 2020 | ||
Dana T. Wade [29] | July 28, 2020 | January 20, 2021 | ||
Janet M. Golrick [30] | January 20, 2021 | May 20, 2022 | Joe Biden | |
Julia Gordon | May 20, 2022 | Incumbent |
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