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Politics Daily: Obama Announces Shaun Donovan As New Housing Chief
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Secretary of Housing and Urban Development announced in Weekly Address
Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog —
In his Weekly Address, President-elect Barack Obama focused on a key component of getting our economy back on track: ending the mortgage crisis.
Finding solutions to this urgent issue will require fresh, bold thinking. To that end, the President-elect has selected Shaun Donovan to be his Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Mr. Donovan, a former Comissioner of Housing Preservation and Development in New York City, will come to Washington with the innovative ideas and new perspective needed to help the thousands of hard-working American families whose livelihoods have been threatened during this tough economic time.
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Obama Announces Shaun Donovan As New Housing Chief
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama, 2008 President, Viral Video, Obama AdministrationIn his weekly YouTube address President-Elect Obama says the key to fixing the unraveling economy is to start with the mortgage crisis. And according to Obama, the man to tackle that job is Shaun Donovan, New York City's housing commissioner. The 42-year-old Donovan, a Harvard grad with a wealth of experience in housing policy, has been tapped to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Donovan served in HUD in the Clinton administration and has gotten high marks for his work under Mayor Bloomberg. Read more about Obama's ...
Obama talks housing in the weekly radio address
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
In the weekly radio address, the president-elect talked again about the housing crisis, another of the Bush disasters which will soon be on his plate, and named his Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: The new HUD Secretary will be Shaun Donovan. ...
The Saturday Word: Housing Head
The Caucus —
In his radio/YouTube address this morning, President-elect Barack Obama announced his new housing secretary, Shaun Donovan. Currently the housing commissioner for New York City, Mr. Donovan “has experience in all facets of the affordable housing market, having worked in both the nonprofit and private sectors and in academia as a scholar of housing policy,” The Times’s Jackie Calmes tells us ...
Obama picks Shaun Donovan to head Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Think Progress —
In his weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama announced he was selecting the “widely respected housing commissioner for New York City,” Shaun Donovan, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Donovan worked at HUD in the Clinton administration, leading an effort to help make housing affordable for nearly two million Americans. He “has experience in all facets of the affordable housing market, having worked in both the nonprofit and private sectors and in academia as a scholar of housing policy.” In his address, Obama said this appointment signals a new way of approaching the challenge of affordable ...
Election Central Saturday Roundup
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Obama Announces HUD Secretary, Discusses Financial Crisis
Barack Obama used his Presidential YouTube Address today to announce the appoint of New York City housing commissioner Shaun Donovan to be his Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and to discuss the importance of housing issues in solving the financial crisis:
"He knows that we can put the dream of owning a home within reach for more families, so long as we're making loans in the right way, and so long as those who buy a home are prepared for the responsibilities of homeownership," Obama says.
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Obama Makes HUD Pick
Booman Tribune —
Here's Barack Obama's weekly address: Good morning. Earlier this week, we learned that the number of Americans filing their first claim for unemployment insurance rose to a nearly 30-year high. This news reflects the pain that's been rippling across our entire economy. Jobs are being cut. Wages are being slashed. Credit is tight and people can't get loans. In cities and towns all across this country, families enter a holiday season with unease and uncertainty. To end this economic crisis, we must end the mortgage crisis where it began. This all started when Americans took out mortgages they couldn't afford. Some were reckless, aware of the risks they were ...
NY Housing Commissioner named to HUD
Daily Kos —
President-Elect Barack Obama announced in this morning's weekly address that Shaun Donovan, Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development in New York City, has been tapped for the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Not surprisingly, given the announcement, Obama's address focused on the economy and the resultant housing crisis. In his New York position, Donovan oversaw the largest municipal affordable housing program in the nation, according to the Obama transition team, and he led his department in setting standards for energy efficiency in public housing, in educating low-income New Yorkers about predatory lending scams ...
Obama picks Shaun Donovan to head Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The Hollywood Liberal —
Obama picks Shaun Donovan to head Department of Housing and Urban Development. In his weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama announced he was selecting the “widely respected housing commissioner for New York City,” Shaun Donovan, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Donovan worked at HUD in the Clinton administration, leading an effort to help make housing affordable for nearly two million Americans. He “has experience in […] In his weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama announced he was selecting the “ widely respected housing commissioner for New York City,” Shaun Donovan, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. ...
