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Castro New HUD Zika Czar

Forget about the myriad problems plaguing the nation’s public housing sector, such as the corrosion of funding and crumbling of housing stock; HUD wants public housing authorities to focus on mosquito eradication.

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Castro, Progressive Flap Widens

A Progressive Democrat coalition aligned with presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders (VT) finds itself under fire from what normally would be allies, a coalition of Hispanic activist organizations, over Progressive criticism of HUD Secretary Julian Castro

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HUD To Train Workers To Teach Ethics

Morale has sunk to such a low point at HUD that observers are rating the department on par with the Veterans Administration as the two worst agencies in the federal government.

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HUD Adult Playpen Mocked In Suit

A Federal judge sends an employee lawsuit against HUD Secretary Julian Castro to trial after mocking the department over its alleged antics against one of its attorneys.

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HUD Under Fire For Lax Oversight

HUD Secretary Julian Castro is reeling over a deluge of accusations from Congress and communities about the department’s lack of program oversight under former Secretary Shaun Donovan as he concentrated on using the department’s resources to change the way it does

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HUD Rush To Finish Rule Changes

HUD Secretary Julian Castro puts his political muscle behind completion of universal broadband availability in all department-controlled housing.

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HUD Public Housing Flap Continues

HUD continues to fight back at investigative findings by its own inspector general that failed HUD oversight allows wealthy families, including millionaires, to live in public housing.

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Behavior Modification Mandatory For HUD Staff

Reeling from a series of scandals rocking HUD, Secretary Julian Castro orders all of HUD’s 8,000 employees to attend behavioral therapy classes every year. The department now only requires what it calls “ethics training” at the time of employment.

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HUD Employee Fraud Upswing

HUD’s decision in 2009 to ease oversight of its regional operations and public housing authorities (PHAs) resulted in a surge of employee fraud incidents. HUD officials had decided instead to focus its resources on a comprehensive plan to overhaul the department’s operations

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HUD Horror Featured In Amityville

HUD finishes another week of the Secretary Julian Castro tenure enmeshed in yet another scandal -- this time the department’s refusal to provide funding for housing of homeless military veterans in North Amityville, NY.

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