Position: Secretary - Housing and Urban Development

The secretary is the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development which works to provide a decent, safe, and sanitary home and a suitable living environment for every American. The department attempts to create opportunities for home ownership using assistance for low-income persons. It also develops programs to help the homeless. It enforces the nations housing laws while at the same time, helping local communities meet their development needs and spurring economic growth in distressed neighborhoods.

Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation    

Nominations so far:

Nominee	Rating
Christopher Alexander
Andres Duany
Jimmy Carter
Roxanne Qualls
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Andrew Valls
Andrew Cuomo
Carol Moseley Braun
Dennis Kucinich
Richard D. Baron
Jesse Jackson
Joycelyn Elders
Sheila Crowley
Al Sharpton
Mayor Michael B. Coleman
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
Tom Menino
Kweisi Mfume

Acknowledge that every citizen deserves adequate, safe, life-enhancing housing, and work to support this right;

Promote neighborhood preservation and renewal, rather than population removal and gentrification;

Promote ecological energy-saving construction;

Look at housing as part of a larger picture that involves the need for opportunities for well-remunerated, rewarding work near at hand, especially for low-income areas.