Section 3 · The General Welfare
🏠Ch. 15 — Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD · 10 tracked
Redelegate all HUD powers to political appointees and convert career posts
Proposed
Mandate says day-one leadership should assign all delegated powers to political PDAS/DAS leadership, convert career leadership to political/noncareer posts, and use SES transfers for aligned leadership.
Repeal AFFH, end PAVE appraisal equity, kill Housing Supply Fund and climate spending
Proposed
Mandate’s Secretary/OGC task force would end PAVE, repeal AFFH and equity special-purpose credit uses, eliminate the Housing Supply Fund, and repeal climate initiatives in HUD budgets.
Bar noncitizens and mixed-status families from all federally assisted housing
Proposed
Mandate directs recommencing Trump proposed rules prohibiting noncitizens, including mixed-status families, from living in federally assisted housing, aligned with public-charge frameworks.
Impose work requirements, term limits; end Housing First; cut anti-marriage bias
Proposed
Mandate seeks work/work-readiness requirements, maximum terms for PBRA/TBRA, ending Housing First for transitional/treatment-first homelessness policy, and reducing anti-marriage bias in assistance.
Suspend PD&R external research grants and shrink non-data functions
Proposed
Mandate tells PD&R leadership to suspend external research/evaluation grants and end or realign functions not tied to surveys, data, or regulatory impact analyses.
Raise MIPs on long mortgages; push shorter terms; restrict FHA to first-time buyers
Proposed
Mandate would increase MIP above 20-year terms, favor shorter mortgages, move HECM to special risk fund, revise loan limits, and ideally restrict FHA single-family insurance to first-time buyers while abandoning affirmative obligations.
Devolve HUD to states; consolidate remaining functions into other agencies
Proposed
Mandate’s long-term vision contemplates devolving many HUD functions to states/localities and consolidating remainders (e.g., Indian housing to Interior; rental/mortgage/GNMA into a redesignated Housing and Home Finance Agency; loan guarantees to SBA).
Put HUD Secretary on CFIUS for foreign real-estate ownership threats
Proposed
Mandate asks the President to issue an EO making the HUD Secretary a CFIUS member with broader oversight of foreign ownership of U.S. residential real estate, especially China.
Oppose federal efforts to weaken single-family zoning; maximize local land-use autonomy
Proposed
Mandate says a conservative Administration should oppose weakening single-family zoning and that federal policy must minimize preemption of local land use while favoring mobility vouchers and PHA land sales flexibility.
Move REAC from PIH to Office of Housing; allow private accreditation inspections
Proposed
Mandate would relocate Real Estate Assessment Center under Office of Housing and consider private accreditation flexibility for physical inspections across federal housing.