HUD Secretary Donovan Gets an Earful
The new U.S. Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan’s to-do list could daunt a Marvel comics superhero.
Inside his shop, the department suffers red tape malaise, chronic low morale, and scandal fallout. And fixing that is the easy part of his job.
In this six-minute video, U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) takes a C-Span grandstand moment to enumerate the ways that Secretary Dononvan will rise or fall based on his skills in navigating a fierce political minefield of issues and effecting positive change on some of housing’s more dire economic fronts: i.e. soaring foreclosures and plummeting home values.
Martinez reviews elements of President Barack Obama’s Housing Affordability and Stabilization Plan, takes a couple of potshots at the plan’s deficiencies, points out that his legal “safe harbor” proposal for private mortgage loan servicers would be a good fix, and wishes Donovan the best of luck in his new job. With friends like this…
Video Credit: SenMartinezdotgov
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