Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner told Newsmax that government housing subsidies were "never meant to be a hammock."
Turner told America Right Now that HUD's housing subsidies are designed to offer a short-term lift for people needing housing assistance.
"HUD and any type of social safety net was never meant to be a lifestyle. It was never meant to be a hammock, if you will, for people just to rest the rest of their lives on government subsidies. But instead, it was meant and created to be a trampoline to project people on a different trajectory.”
Turner said that in addition to helping Americans move away from subsidized housing and into their own homes using FHA financing, there's a top-to-bottom overhaul happening at HUD, and the unnecessary spending that's been uncovered is notable.
"And so we set up a task force to find waste, fraud, and abuse. And within just a couple of weeks, we found over $2 billion in savings for the American people."
Turner said the spending review is entirely in line with the emphasis of President Donald Trump to spend taxpayer funds wisely.
"We're stewards over taxpayer dollars. And so as we look to save money, as we look to restore money back to the Treasury for federal expenditures to serve the American people, this is something that we are laser-focused on. And I believe that the American people, when they voted for President Trump, 77 million people voted for this type of transformation, this type of accountability and transparency."
Turner also pointed to a regulatory change he initiated that canceled a Biden-era rule forcing federally mandated zoning regulations on local communities. Turner said those decisions should rest with local communities without interference from Washington.
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