| 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 |
| Incumbent: | Adrianne Todman |
| Incumbentsince: | March 22, 2024 |
| Acting: | y |
| Department: | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Style: | Madam Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
| Member Of: | Cabinet |
| Reports To: | President |
| Seat: | Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer: | The President |
| Appointer Qualified: | with Senate advice and consent |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| First: | Robert C. Weaver |
| Succession: | Thirteenth[1] |
| Deputy: | Deputy Secretary |
| Salary: | Executive Schedule, level I |
The United States secretary of housing and urban development (or HUD secretary) is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the president's Cabinet, 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 into law.[2] The department's mission is "to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination."[3]
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,[4] thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024.[5]
, Adrianne Todman is the acting secretary of housing and urban development.
| No. | Portrait | Name | State/territory of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert C. Weaver | New York | January 18, 1966 | December 18, 1968 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
| Robert C. Wood | Massachusetts | January 7, 1969 | January 20, 1969 | ||||
| George W. Romney | Michigan | January 22, 1969 | January 20, 1973 | Richard Nixon | |||
| Ohio | February 2, 1973 | February 5, 1975 | |||||
| Gerald Ford | |||||||
| Carla A. Hills | California | March 10, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | ||||
| Patricia R. Harris | District of Columbia | January 23, 1977 | September 10, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | |||
| Moon Landrieu | Louisiana | September 24, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | ||||
| Samuel R. Pierce | New York | January 23, 1981 | January 20, 1989 | Ronald Reagan | |||
| J. Michael Dorsey | New York | January 20, 1989 | February 13, 1989 | ||||
| Jack F. Kemp | New York | February 13, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | ||||
| Henry G. Cisneros | Texas | January 22, 1993 | January 20, 1997 | Bill Clinton | |||
| Andrew M. Cuomo | New York | January 29, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | ||||
| William C. Apgar | January 20, 2001 | January 24, 2001 | George W. Bush | ||||
| Mel Martinez | Florida | January 24, 2001 | August 13, 2004 | ||||
| Alphonso Jackson | Texas | August 13, 2004 | September 1, 2004 | ||||
| September 1, 2004 | April 18, 2008 | ||||||
| Roy A. Bernardi | New York | April 18, 2008 | June 4, 2008 | ||||
| Steve Preston | Illinois | June 4, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | ||||
| Brian D. Montgomery | Texas | January 20, 2009 | January 26, 2009 | Barack Obama | |||
| Shaun Donovan | New York | January 26, 2009 | July 28, 2014 | ||||
| Julián Castro | Texas | July 28, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | ||||
| Craig Clemmensen | January 20, 2017 | March 2, 2017 | Donald Trump | ||||
| Ben Carson | Florida | March 2, 2017 | January 20, 2021 | ||||
| Matt Ammon | January 20, 2021 | March 10, 2021 | Joe Biden | ||||
| Marcia Fudge | Ohio | March 10, 2021 | March 22, 2024 | ||||
| Adrianne Todman | United States Virgin Islands | March 22, 2024 | present | ||||
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