Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing explained

Post:Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing
Flagsize:110
Insignia:Seal of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.svg
Insigniasize:120
Insigniacaption:Seal of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Incumbent:Julia Gordon
Incumbentsince:May 20, 2022
Department: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
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Termlength:No fixed term
First:Philip N. Brownstein
Salary:Level IV of the Executive Schedule

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 billion Federal Housing Administration insurance portfolio and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulatory responsibilities in the area of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the housing mission of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the manufactured housing industry.

Role

The Federal Housing Commissioner is appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate.[1] The Assistant Secretary is third in the order of succession for the office of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.[2] The Assistant Secretary is paid at level IV of the Executive Schedule,[3] receiving a basic annual salary of $143,000.[4] The position is currently held by Julia Gordon.

Assistant Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development for Housing

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.[5] 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).[6] Finally, on June 16, 1976, HUD Secretary Carla Hills merged the two roles into one single Assistant Secretary for Housing & Federal Housing Commissioner role,[7] which remains the title today.

Assistant Secretary – Federal Housing Commissioner

Image Name Term began Term ended President(s)

Philip N. Brownstein[8] Lyndon B. Johnson
Eugene M. Gulledge[9] 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

ImageNameTerm beganTerm endedPresident(s) served under
Eugene M. GulledgeRichard M. Nixon
style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' Woodward Kingman (acting)style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa'
Sheldon B. Lubar
Gerald R. Ford
style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' David M. DeWilde (acting)style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa'
David S. Cook[10]

Assistant Secretary of Housing Management

ImageNameTerm beganTerm endedPresident(s) served under
Lawrence M. CoxRichard M. Nixon
Norman V. Watson
style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' Abner Silverman (acting)style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa'
H.R. Crawford
Gerald R. Ford
style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' Robert C. Odle, Jr. (acting)style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa'
James L. Young

Assistant Secretary of Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner

ImageNameTerm beganTerm endedPresident(s) served under
James L. YoungGerald R. Ford
style='background: #e6e6aa' rowspan=2 John T. Howley (acting)
Jimmy Carter
Lawrence B. Simons[11]
Philip D. Winn[12] Ronald Reagan
Philip Abrams[13]
Maurice Lee Barksdale[14]
Thomas Demery[15]
Catherine Austin Fitts[16] George H. W. Bush
Arthur J. Hill[17]
Nicolas P. Retsinas[18] Bill Clinton
William C. Apgar[19]
John C. Weicher[20] [21] George W. Bush
Brian D. Montgomery[22]
Barack Obama
David H. Stevens[23]
Carol Galante[24] style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa'
style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' Biniam Gebre[25] style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa'
style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' Ed Goldingstyle='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa'
style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' Dana T. Wade[26] style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' Donald Trump
Brian D. Montgomery[27]
Dana T. Wade[28]
style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' Janet M. Golrick[29] style='background: #e6e6aa' style='background: #e6e6aa' Joe Biden
Julia GordonIncumbent

Previous Federal Housing Commissioners include Carol Galante, who served as Acting Federal Housing Commissioner from July 2011 until she was confirmed by the Senate in December 2012. She served as Federal Housing Commissioner until October 2014, when she stepped down to take a faculty position at the University of California at Berkeley. Before her, Brian D. Montgomery, who was confirmed in February 2005 served as Federal Housing Commissioner. The previous Federal Housing Commissioner was John C. Weicher.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US CODE: Title 42,3533. Officers of Department . September 27, 2007.
  2. Web site: Executive Order on Succession at the Department of Housing and Urban Development . September 27, 2007 .
  3. Web site: US CODE: Title 5,5315. Positions at level IV . September 27, 2007 .
  4. Web site: Salary Table 2006-EX . September 27, 2007 . August 7, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070807095550/http://www.opm.gov/oca/06tables/html/ex.asp . dead .
  5. Book: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development . Secretary's Reference Book . November 1969 . U.S. Federal Government . 8 .
  6. Web site: HUD at 50: Creating Pathways to Opportunity HUD USER . www.huduser.gov . 11 July 2021.
  7. Book: Comptroller General of the United States . Report to the Congress of the United States . March 31, 1976 . U.S. Federal Government . 87 .
  8. Web site: Oral history transcript, Philip N. Brownstein, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by David G. McComb · Discover Production . www.discoverlbj.org . 11 July 2021.
  9. Book: United States Congress Senate Committee on Banking and Currency . Nomination of Eugene A. Gulledge, Hearing Before ..., 91-1 ..., September 25, 1969 . 1969 . en.
  10. Web site: White House Notice to the Press June 10, 1976 .
  11. Web site: In Memoriam: Lawrence B. Simons . NH&RA . 11 July 2021 . 5 January 2012.
  12. Web site: PN136 - Nomination of Philip D. Winn for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 97th Congress (1981-1982) . www.congress.gov . 2 April 1981.
  13. Web site: PN1260 - Nomination of Philip Abrams for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 97th Congress (1981-1982) . www.congress.gov . 29 September 1982.
  14. Web site: PN600 - Nomination of Maurice Lee Barksdale for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 98th Congress (1983-1984) . www.congress.gov . 22 November 1983.
  15. Web site: PN1316 - Nomination of Thomas T. Demery for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 99th Congress (1985-1986) . www.congress.gov . 18 October 1986.
  16. Web site: PN387 - Nomination of C. Austin Fitts for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 101st Congress (1989-1990) . www.congress.gov . 2 August 1989.
  17. Web site: Saxon . Wolfgang . Arthur Hill, Finance Executive And Ex-Ginnie Mae Chief, 46 . The New York Times . 13 May 1995.
  18. Web site: PN236 - Nomination of Nicolas P. Retsinas for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 103rd Congress (1993-1994) . www.congress.gov . 11 May 1993.
  19. Web site: PN1146 - Nomination of William C. Apgar Jr. for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 105th Congress (1997-1998) . www.congress.gov . 21 October 1998.
  20. Web site: HUD Testimony - John C. Weicher, Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner-Designate, 5/15/01 . September 27, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070304061031/http://www.hud.gov/offices/cir/test51501c.cfm . March 4, 2007 .
  21. Web site: John C. Weicher . georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov.
  22. Web site: HUD - The Honorable Brian D. Montgomery Assistant Secretary For Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner . September 27, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070922100527/http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/bios/bmontgomery.cfm . September 22, 2007 . dead .
  23. Web site: PN332 - Nomination of David H. Stevens for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 111th Congress (2009-2010) . www.congress.gov . 10 July 2009.
  24. Web site: FHA Commissioner Carol Galante stepping down for University of California post . . September 29, 2015 .
  25. Web site: Ed Golding to Replace Biniam Gebre as FHA Head . NCSHA . 11 July 2021.
  26. Web site: New HUD FHA Commissioner and Assistant Secretary for Housing . leadingage.org.
  27. Web site: PN1352 - Nomination of Brian D. Montgomery for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 115th Congress (2017-2018) . www.congress.gov . 23 May 2018.
  28. Web site: PN1605 - Nomination of Dana T. Wade for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 116th Congress (2019-2020) . www.congress.gov . 28 July 2020.
  29. Web site: Biden names interim FHA commissioner . www.mpamag.com . 11 July 2021 . en.