United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

{{Short description|Head of the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development; member of the Cabinet}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = United States Secretary

| body = Housing and Urban Development

| flag = Flag of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.svg

| flagborder = yes

| flagsize = 130

| flagcaption = Flag of the department

| insignia = Seal of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.svg

| insigniasize = 120

| insigniacaption = Seal of the department

| image = File:Official portrait of Scott Turner, Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, 2019.jpg

| incumbent = Scott Turner

| incumbentsince = February 5, 2025

| acting = no

| department = Department of Housing and Urban Development

| style = Mr. Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)

| member_of = Cabinet

| reports_to = President of the United States

| seat = Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

| appointer = President of the United States

| appointer_qualified = with Senate advice and consent

| termlength = No fixed term

| constituting_instrument = {{UnitedStatesCode|42|3532}}

| formation = {{start date and age|1965|9|9}}

| first = Robert C. Weaver

| succession = Thirteenth{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19|title=3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|access-date=July 17, 2018}}

| deputy = Deputy Secretary

| salary = Executive Schedule, level I

| website = {{url|www.hud.gov}}

}}

The United States secretary of housing and urban development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and thirteenth in the presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on September 9, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act into law.{{cite web|url=http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/about/hud_history|title=HUD History|publisher=U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development|access-date=January 10, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527091917/http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/about/hud_history|archive-date=May 27, 2010}} The department's mission is "to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination."{{cite web|url=http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/about/mission|title=Mission|publisher=U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development|access-date=January 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527094822/http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/about/mission|archive-date=May 27, 2010|url-status=dead}}

The secretary of housing and urban development is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312}}. thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf|title=Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)}}

The current secretary of housing and urban development is Scott Turner, who was sworn in on February 5, 2025.

List of secretaries of housing and urban development

;Parties

{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|Democratic|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (9)

{{legend2|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|Republican|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (10)

;Status

class="wikitable sortable" style="clear:left; text-align:center" !No. !class=unsortable \|Portrait !Name !State/territory of residence !Took office !Left office !colspan=2 \|President(s)
style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|1}} \|103x103px \|{{sortname\|Robert C.\|Weaver}} \|New York \|January 18, 1966 \|December 18, 1968 \|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|Lyndon B.\|Johnson}} (1963–1969)
style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|2}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Robert\|Wood\|Robert Coldwell Wood}} \|Massachusetts \|January 7, 1969 \|January 20, 1969
style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|3}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|George W.\|Romney}} \|Michigan \|January 22, 1969 \|January 20, 1973 \|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|Richard\|Nixon}} (1969–1974)
rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|4}} \|rowspan=2 \|75px \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|James\|Lynn\|James Thomas Lynn}} \|rowspan=2 \|Ohio \|rowspan=2 \|February 2, 1973 \|rowspan=2 \|February 5, 1975
rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|Gerald\|Ford}} (1974–1977)
style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|5}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Carla\|Hills\|Carla Anderson Hills}} \|California \|March 10, 1975 \|January 20, 1977
style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|6}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Patricia\|Harris\|Patricia Roberts Harris}} \|District of Columbia \|January 23, 1977 \|September 10, 1979 \|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|Jimmy\|Carter}} (1977–1981)
style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|7}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Moon\|Landrieu}} \|Louisiana \|September 24, 1979 \|January 20, 1981
style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|8}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Samuel\|Pierce}} \|New York \|January 23, 1981 \|January 20, 1989 \|style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \| \|{{sortname\|Ronald\|Reagan}} (1981–1989)
style="background:#E6E6AA;" \|{{color\|black\|–}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \| \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|{{sortname\|J. Michael\|Dorsey}} {{small\|Acting}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|New York \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|January 20, 1989 \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|February 13, 1989 \|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|George H. W.\|Bush}} (1989–1993)
style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|9}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Jack\|Kemp}} \|New York \|February 13, 1989 \|January 20, 1993
style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|10}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Henry\|Cisneros}} \|Texas \|January 22, 1993 \|January 20, 1997 \|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|Bill\|Clinton}} (1993–2001)
style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|11}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Andrew\|Cuomo}} \|New York \|January 29, 1997 \|January 20, 2001
style="background:#E6E6AA;" \|{{color\|black\|–}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|75px \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|{{sortname\|William C.\|Apgar}} {{small\|Acting}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \| \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|January 20, 2001 \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|January 24, 2001 \|rowspan="6" style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan="6" \|{{sortname\|George W.\|Bush}} (2001–2009)
style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|12}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Mel\|Martinez}} \|Florida \|January 24, 2001 \|August 13, 2004
rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|13}} \|rowspan=2 \|75px \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|Alphonso\|Jackson}} \|rowspan=2 \|Texas \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|August 13, 2004 \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|September 1, 2004
September 1, 2004 \|April 18, 2008
style="background:#E6E6AA;" \|{{color\|black\|–}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|75px \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|{{sortname\|Roy A.\|Bernardi}} {{small\|Acting}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|New York \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|April 18, 2008 \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|June 4, 2008
style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|14}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Steve\|Preston}} \|Illinois \|June 4, 2008 \|January 20, 2009
style="background:#E6E6AA;" \|{{color\|black\|–}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|75px \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|{{sortname\|Brian D.\|Montgomery}} {{small\|Acting}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|Texas \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|January 20, 2009 \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|January 26, 2009 \|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=3 \|{{sortname\|Barack\|Obama}} (2009–2017)
style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|15}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Shaun\|Donovan}} \|New York \|January 26, 2009 \|July 28, 2014
style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|16}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Julián\|Castro\|Julian Castro}} \|Texas \|July 28, 2014 \|January 20, 2017
style="background:#E6E6AA;" \|{{color\|black\|–}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|75px \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|{{sortname\|Craig\|Clemmensen}} {{small\|Acting}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \| \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|January 20, 2017 \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|March 2, 2017 \|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|Donald\|Trump}} (2017–2021)
style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|17}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Ben\|Carson}} \|Florida \|March 2, 2017 \|January 20, 2021
style="background:#E6E6AA;" \|{{color\|black\|–}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|75px \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|{{sortname\|Matt\|Ammon}} {{small\|Acting}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \| \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|January 20, 2021 \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|March 10, 2021 \|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=3 \|{{sortname\|Joe\|Biden}} (2021–2025)
style="background: {{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|18}} \|75px \|{{sortname\|Marcia\|Fudge}} \|Ohio \|March 10, 2021 \|March 22, 2024
style="background:#E6E6AA;" \|{{color\|black\|–}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|75px \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|{{sortname\|Adrianne\|Todman}} {{small\|Acting}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|United States Virgin Islands \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|March 22, 2024 \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|January 20, 2025
style="background:#E6E6AA;" \|{{color\|black\|–}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|75px \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|{{sortname\|Matt\|Ammon}} {{small\|Acting}} \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \| \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|January 20, 2025 \|bgcolor="#E6E6AA" \|February 5, 2025 \|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \| \|rowspan=2 \|{{sortname\|Donald\|Trump}} (2025–present)
style="background: {{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}};" \|{{color\|white\|19}} \|75px \|\|{{sortname\|Scott\|Turner\|Scott Turner (politician)}} \|Texas \|February 5, 2025 \|present

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!No.

!class=unsortable |Portrait

!Name

!State/territory of residence

!Took office

!Left office

!colspan=2 |President(s)

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|1}}

|103x103px

|{{sortname|Robert C.|Weaver}}

|New York

|January 18, 1966

|December 18, 1968

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Lyndon B.|Johnson}}
(1963–1969)

style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|2}}

United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

List of secretaries of housing and urban development

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