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See also Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson and general concerns about Housing.

Timeline

2016.12.26Obama's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development tweets that Trump would be the, “most corrupt guy to take the Oval Office.” mediaite.com (See also Presidential Transition)
2017.01.12Ben Carson, in a confirmation hearing, declines to rule out HUD grants to Trump properties. npr.org (See also Ben Carson, Conflicts of Interest)
2017.01.12Democrats press U.S. housing nominee Carson on potential Trump conflicts reuters.com (See also Housing, Ben Carson)
2017.01.12Despite Senator Elizabeth Warren's repeated questions Ben Carson refuses to promise that no housing funds will benefit Trump. Carson is also accused of plagiarizing his opening remarks. theguardian.com (See also Ben Carson, Conflicts of Interest, Plagiarism)
2017.01.12HUD nominee Ben Carson gives vague answers during confirmation hearing teenvogue.com (See also Ben Carson, Housing)
2017.01.20Hours after being sworn into the White House, HUD cancels a program to make mortgages more affordable. twocents.lifehacker.com (See also Housing)
2017.02.18Ben Carson is “baffled” and “speechless” when one of his most loyal aides is walked out of the Housing and Urban Development after an op-ed resurfaces in which the aide criticized then-candidate Donald Trump. buzzfeed.com (See also Ben Carson)
2017.06.20Trump’s budget calls for sharply reducing funding for programs that shelter the poor and combat homelessness — with a notable exception: It leaves intact a type of federal housing subsidy that is paid directly to private landlords like Trump himself. washingtonpost.com (See also Conflicts of Interest, Housing)
2017.07.11Trump is aggressively scaling back government regulations out of public view and often by political appointees with deep industry ties and potential conflicts. propublica.org (See also Conflicts of Interest, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Education, Corruption)