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Scott Turner, Trump's pick to lead HUD works for JPI Construction
Presidential Transition Report from NAHRO to Scott Turner and convicted felon president elect Donald J. Trump:
Scott Turner, Trump's pick to lead HUD works for JPI Construction
By Lynda Carson - November 27, 2024
Scott Turner works for JPI Construction LP. - https://www.jpi.com/ - Scott.Turner [at] jpi.com .
Recently, the fascist convicted felon Donald J. Trump picked Scott Turner of JPI Construction LP., to lead HUD.
According to the website for JPI Construction, the convicted felon Donald J. Trump's pick to lead HUD, Scott Turner, is the Chief Visionary Officer, for the company.
According to the website for JPI, in part it says, "From a young age, Scott Turner demonstrated exceptional leadership skills both on and off the field. Raised in Richardson, Texas, he consistently excelled in academics and athletics. Scott attended the University of Illinois, where he achieved outstanding success as a dual-sport athlete in track and football. In addition to his athletic accomplishments, Scott pursued academic excellence, earning a degree in Speech Communications from the University of Illinois.
As the Chief Visionary Officer at JPI, Scott is responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive strategic vision to drive the company's growth and expansion. His role involves working closely with the Executive Leadership Team to devise and execute corporate strategy, establishing and maintaining strong relationships with local, state, and federal entities, reinforcing JPI's position as a thought leader, and promoting a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement."
What they failed to mention in the JPI website about Scott Turner, is that Scott Turner is working for a company (JPI Construction) that has been cited as recent as 2021, for alleged wage theft violations of over $1.7 million dollars.
Reportedly, "SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A San Diego-based construction company has been fined more than $1.7 million by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for allegedly failing to properly pay its workers, resulting in minimum wage and overtime violations, it was announced Monday.
JPI Construction allegedly didn’t properly pay employees working on commercial and residential construction projects, leading to wage theft violations affecting 265 workers, according to the Labor Commissioner’s Office.
The Labor Commissioner’s Office alleges an audit of the company’s payroll showed “illegally modified time sheets that removed record of the overtime hours the workers should have been paid.”
The owners have appealed the citations, which total $1,771,133, with $1,610,527 payable to the workers. Under the appeal procedure, the Labor Commissioner’s Office will hold a hearing before a hearing officer who will affirm, modify or dismiss the citations.
“Paying workers a flat rate is not an excuse to deny them the overtime hours they earned and should be paid,” California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower said in a statement. “The laws in California protect workers. It is critical that workers keep track of their hours and pay so they can defend themselves.”
Click here https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2021/2021-104.html for more about JPI Construction for allegedly cheating their workers with wage theft, a company that Scott Turner works for.
JPI Construction Was Also Involved In $10.5 Million Settlement:
Additionally, the JPI Construction website blurb for Scott Turner forgot to mention that Scott Turner is working for a company (JPI Construction LP.), that was involved in a landmark $10.5 million settlement to resolve a disability-based housing discrimination lawsuit back in 2012 with the Justice Department.
Reportedly, on June 25, 2012, "The Justice Department today announced its largest-ever disability-based housing discrimination settlement fund to resolve allegations that JPI Construction L.P. and six other JPI entities (collectively “JPI”) based in Irving, Texas, discriminated on the basis of disability in the design and construction of multifamily housing complexes throughout the United States.
Under the settlement, which was approved today by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, JPI will pay $10,250,000 into an accessibility fund to provide retrofits at properties built by JPI and to increase the stock of accessible housing in the communities where these properties are located. The settlement also requires JPI to pay a $250,000 civil penalty.
This is the largest civil penalty the Justice Department has obtained in any Fair Housing Act case.
“Today’s historic settlement demonstrates the Justice Department’s commitment to protecting the fair housing rights of persons with disabilities,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. “Builders of multifamily housing must consider accessibility at the outset, or they risk significantly greater expense to retrofit properties. As a result of this settlement, multifamily housing complexes will be retrofitted to comply with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and persons with physical disabilities will be afforded an equal opportunity to live in and visit these properties.”
“Equal access to housing for persons with disabilities is an important right protected by federal law,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Sarah R. Saldaña. “This settlement will help eliminate barriers and send a clear message that disability discrimination will not be tolerated. Disabled residents should know that this district remains committed to protecting their fair housing rights.”
Apparently, if the convicted felon Trump believes that Scott Turner is qualified to be the next HUD Secretary because he works for a company that allegedly ripped off it's workers with wage theft, and works for a company that screwed over people with disabilities at their many rental properties, then this may be of some concern to HUD's employees, and HUD's subsidized housing tenants.
In a release from NAHRO regarding Trump's pick to lead HUD, see the NAHRO release below.
Trump Nominates Scott Turner for HUD Secretary
https://www.nahro.org/news/trump-nominates-scott-turner-for-hud-secretary/
On Friday, November 22, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Turner for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Turner currently serves as Chair for Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank aligned with the incoming president. He previously led the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during President-elect Trump’s first administration, working closely with former HUD Secretary Ben Carson on reinvestment in distressed communities through the Opportunity Zone program. Turner also represented the 33rd District in the Texas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017 and was a former NFL player.
NAHRO looks forward to collaborating with Mr. Turner and sharing our 2024 Presidential Transition Document with him and his transition team, emphasizing the importance of adequate and responsible funding for housing programs. NAHRO remains committed to partnering with HUD to support the development and preservation of affordable housing, improve federal rental assistance programs, and ensure all families have access to safe, secure homes in thriving communities nationwide.
This article was updated to clarify Mr. Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives and not the U.S. House of Representatives.
NAHRO - Presidential Transition Report
Click below…
https://www.nahro.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-NAHRO-Presidential-Transition-Report.pdf
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National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement on Scott Turner’s Nomination for HUD Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2024
Contact NFHA [at] skdknick.com
https://nationalfairhousing.org/national-fair-housing-alliance-issues-statement-on-scott-turners-nomination-for-hud-secretary/
https://nationalfairhousing.org/category/press-releases/
National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement on Scott Turner’s Nomination for HUD Secretary
Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance® (NFHA™) released the following statement from Lisa Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer in response to Scott Turner, former Member of Congress (Texas) and former director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council’s nomination for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):
“Where you live has a big impact on how your life unfolds, and that varies greatly by neighborhood. The next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has tremendous shoes to fill and must prioritize actions that will achieve HUD’s mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities, provide affordable housing opportunities, and enforce the nation’s premier fair housing statute. Scott Turner has been nominated to lead HUD at a time when the number of housing discrimination complaints is at an all-time high and the nation is facing a fair and affordable housing crisis. Voters are demanding solutions to drive down the cost of housing, mortgage credit, and homeowners insurance, fill the nation’s over 4 million units affordable housing gap, and build viable, resilient communities where everyone can thrive. Voters nationwide are also pushing for increased fair and affordable housing funding—turning to ballot measures from Charlotte to Los Angeles to address the housing shortage, rising homelessness, and increased fair housing challenges.
NFHA™ urges Scott Turner, if confirmed, to fully enforce the Fair Housing Act which provides the blueprint to ensure equal access to the American dream for everyone. HUD’s next Secretary must tackle housing’s outsized role in driving inflation, delivering relief to everyday people and fairly expanding the Housing Choice Voucher Program as well as homeownership opportunities for first-generation homebuyers.
HUD’s new leader should ensure private fair housing centers—which service roughly 75 percent of all fair housing complaints—have the resources they need to provide critical services to consumers in local communities. Moreover, if confirmed, Mr. Turner should build on solutions like the Homeowner Assistance Fund and Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which kept millions of individuals and families housed during the COVID pandemic and helped allay a second foreclosure crisis. Additionally, Mr. Turner should work to curb discrimination, which costs the economy trillions, by focusing on reforming the systemic undervaluation of homes in Black and Latino communities. Inaccurate and biased appraisals were found to have robbed homeowners in predominantly Black neighborhoods of at least $162 billion in 113 metro areas. He should ensure fair pricing for mortgage loans by supporting Special Purpose Credit Programs and the use of positive rental payments and consumer cash flow data in mortgage underwriting since some credit scoring systems can perpetuate bias and/or significantly burden residents of the south. Lastly, if confirmed, Mr. Turner must fight for the necessary resources to effectively lead HUD.
During his previous administration, President-elect Trump gutted HUD’s staff and budget, including cuts to the Community Development Block Grant program, Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and HOME grant program, which jeopardized HUD’s ability to address the nation’s fair and affordable housing crisis or effectively handle thousands of housing discrimination complaints. Ensuring critical support for HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and local fair lending enforcement agencies is crucial to HUD’s important mission.
The HUD Secretary also provides key oversight to ensure the Government Sponsored Enterprises comply with the Fair Housing Act and must help implement HUD and the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s “Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Fair Housing and Fair Lending Coordination.” NFHA™ has worked with HUD under both Republican and Democratic administrations to assist HUD in facilitating this important function. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, via implementation of their Equitable Housing Finance Plans, are delivering on their statutory obligations to ensure credit liquidity for underserved consumers and communities. NFHA™ will take every step to ensure any discussions to privatize these housing giants will center their fair housing and duty-to-serve responsibilities.
NFHA™ is ready to work with the next administration and HUD’s leadership to develop a comprehensive national housing strategy, including tackling local exclusionary zoning ordinances that block fair and affordable housing for millions of individuals and families. Our obligation is to hold every presidential administration accountable for ensuring the promise of fair housing for all is upheld. We stand ready to defend any attempt to weaken existing fair housing and civil rights protections. Now is the time to advance fair housing opportunities for everyone, not just some.”
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is the country’s only national civil rights organization dedicated solely to eliminating all forms of housing and lending discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities for all people. As the trade association for over 170 fair housing and justice-centered organizations and individuals throughout the U.S. and its territories, NFHA works to dismantle longstanding barriers to equity and build diverse, inclusive, well-resourced communities.
For more about JPI Construction, who Scott Turner works for, see a few links below...
Lynda Carson may be reached at newzland2 [at] gmail.com
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For more about JPI Construction, who Scott Turner works for, see a few links below...
Scott Turner works for JPI Construction LP. - Scott.Turner [at] jpi.com
https://www.jpi.com/
https://www.jpi.com/our-people/scott-turner/
https://www.jpi.com/our-people/
https://www.jpi.com/communities/
https://www.jpi.com/insights/
JPI
https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/jpi
JPI.com - Jefferson Properties, Inc., a subsidiary of Southland Financial, a business founded by the Carpenter family of Dallas.
Carpenter family of Dallas, lawsuits
Click below...
https://tinyurl.com/44evtvw2
JPI Multifamily Housing was acquired by Sumitomo Forestry America Inc.
JPI finalizes partnership with Sumitomo Forestry
https://www.jpi.com/jpi-finalizes-partnership-with-sumitomo-forestry/
Sumitomo Forestry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo_Forestry
Sumitomo Forestry America Inc., lawsuits
Click below...
https://tinyurl.com/ytnzndf5
Jefferson Cenza is owned by JPI, click below to see comments…
https://www.yelp.com/biz/jefferson-cenza-placentia-4
JPI Construction:
TEXAS
9001 Cypress Waters Blvd., Suite 2A, Dallas, TX 75019 3040 Post Oak Blvd Suite 1800 Houston, TX 77056
Corporate Office
972-556-1700
CALIFORNIA
11988 El Camino Real Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92130 400 Spectrum Center Drive Suite 1540 Irvine, CA 92618
California Region
858-369-5670
JPI CONSTRUCTION,INC (3414502)
Initial Filing Date
09/21/2011
Status
Active
Standing - SOS
Good
Standing - FTB
Good
Standing - Agent
Good
Standing - VCFCF
Good
Formed In
CALIFORNIA
Entity Type
Stock Corporation - CA - General
Principal Address
8170 RONSON ROAD
SUITE C
SANDIEGO, CA 92111
Mailing Address
8170 RONSON ROAD
STE C
SANDIEGO,CA92111
Statement of Info Due Date
09/30/2024
Agent
Individual
KHANH TA
8170 RONSON ROAD
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Justice Department Sues Large Multi-Family Housing Developer Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
WASHINGTON– The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against JPI Construction L.P. (JPI) and six JPI-affiliated companies in U.S. District Court in Dallas for failing to provide accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act at multi-family housing developments in Texas and other states.
Since 1991, when the Fair Housing Act first required most new multi-family housing to contain accessible features, JPI and its affiliates have built more than 200 apartment, condominium and other housing complexes in 26 states and the District of Columbia.
"Persons with physical disabilities should have the same housing choices as other persons," said Loretta King, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. "We will continue to pursue vigorously those who still have not gotten the message that failing to design and construct multi-family housing with basic features of accessibility violates the law."
Click below for more…
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-large-multi-family-housing-developer-alleging-disability-based
USA v. JPI Construction.LP, et,al…
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, ~v. JPI CONSTRUCTION, L.P.; MULTIFAMILY ~ ) CONSTRUCTION, L.L.C.; JPI APARTMENT ) DEVELOPMENT, L.P. D/B/A JPI CAMPUS ) Civil Action No. 3:09-cv-412 QUARTERS; LIFESTYLE APARTMENT ) DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, L.L.C.; JEFFERSON ) BEND, L.P. D/B/A JEFFERSON AT MISSION GATE ) APARTMENTS; JEFFERSON LAKE CREEK, L.P. ) D/B/A JEFFERSON CENTER APARTMENTS; and ) APARTMENT COMMUNITY REALTY, L.L.C.
A. Background 1. This action is brought by the United States to enforce the provisions of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair I-lousing Amendments Act of 1988,42 U.S.C §§ 3601-3619 (the "Fair Housing Act" or "FHA"), and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181-12189 ("ADA"). Specifically, the United States' Complaint alleges that the Defendants have engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against persons with disabilities and denied rights to a group of persons because of disability by failing to design and construct some or all of the 210 multifamily dwellings (hereinafter the "Subject Properties"), as set forth on Appendix A, with the features of accessible and adaptable design and construction required by subsections 804(£)(1),804(£)(2) and 804(£)(3)(C) of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C § 3604(£)(1), (2) & (3)(C), and in a manner required by the ADA, 42 U.S.C §12183(a)(I). The United States alleges that various Subject Properties do not comply with the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines, 56 Fed. Reg. 9472 (1991) ("Guidelines"), or another recognized, comparable, objective measure of accessibility, and do not comply with the ADA Standards.
Click below for more…
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2012/06/25/jpisettle.pdf
Justice Department Obtains Landmark $10.5 Million Settlement to Resolve Disability-Based Housing Discrimination Lawsuit
Monday, June 25, 2012
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced its largest-ever disability-based housing discrimination settlement fund to resolve allegations that JPI Construction L.P. and six other JPI entities (collectively “JPI”) based in Irving, Texas, discriminated on the basis of disability in the design and construction of multifamily housing complexes throughout the United States.
Under the settlement, which was approved today by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, JPI will pay $10,250,000 into an accessibility fund to provide retrofits at properties built by JPI and to increase the stock of accessible housing in the communities where these properties are located. The settlement also requires JPI to pay a $250,000 civil penalty.
This is the largest civil penalty the Justice Department has obtained in any Fair Housing Act case.
“Today’s historic settlement demonstrates the Justice Department’s commitment to protecting the fair housing rights of persons with disabilities,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. “Builders of multifamily housing must consider accessibility at the outset, or they risk significantly greater expense to retrofit properties. As a result of this settlement, multifamily housing complexes will be retrofitted to comply with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and persons with physical disabilities will be afforded an equal opportunity to live in and visit these properties.”
“Equal access to housing for persons with disabilities is an important right protected by federal law,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Sarah R. Saldaña. “This settlement will help eliminate barriers and send a clear message that disability discrimination will not be tolerated. Disabled residents should know that this district remains committed to protecting their fair housing rights.”
Click below for more….
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-obtains-landmark-105-million-settlement-resolve-disability-based-housing
Builder To Pay Millions For Disability Housing Violations
by Michelle Diament | June 26, 2012
In the federal government’s largest-ever settlement related to disability housing discrimination, a builder that’s operated in over two dozen states is set to pay more than $10 million.
The deal comes in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against Texas-based JPI Construction L.P. in which federal officials alleged that the company failed to design and construct several multifamily housing complexes to accommodate people with disabilities.
Under the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, builders are required to make multifamily housing accessible to those with disabilities. The Justice Department alleged that JPI did not meet those requirements at 32 of its properties.
Click below for more…
https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/06/26/builder-millions-housing-violations/15928/
Construction company cited over $1.7 million for alleged wage theft violations
by: City News Service
Posted: Oct 18, 2021 / 11:54 AM PDT
Updated: Oct 18, 2021 / 11:54 AM PDT
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A San Diego-based construction company has been fined more than $1.7 million by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for allegedly failing to properly pay its workers, resulting in minimum wage and overtime violations, it was announced Monday.
JPI Construction allegedly didn’t properly pay employees working on commercial and residential construction projects, leading to wage theft violations affecting 265 workers, according to the Labor Commissioner’s Office.
The Labor Commissioner’s Office alleges an audit of the company’s payroll showed “illegally modified time sheets that removed record of the overtime hours the workers should have been paid.”
The owners have appealed the citations, which total $1,771,133, with $1,610,527 payable to the workers. Under the appeal procedure, the Labor Commissioner’s Office will hold a hearing before a hearing officer who will affirm, modify or dismiss the citations.
“Paying workers a flat rate is not an excuse to deny them the overtime hours they earned and should be paid,” California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower said in a statement. “The laws in California protect workers. It is critical that workers keep track of their hours and pay so they can defend themselves.”
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/construction-company-cited-over-1-7-million-for-alleged-wage-theft-violations/
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By Lynda Carson - November 27, 2024
Scott Turner works for JPI Construction LP. - https://www.jpi.com/ - Scott.Turner [at] jpi.com .
Recently, the fascist convicted felon Donald J. Trump picked Scott Turner of JPI Construction LP., to lead HUD.
According to the website for JPI Construction, the convicted felon Donald J. Trump's pick to lead HUD, Scott Turner, is the Chief Visionary Officer, for the company.
According to the website for JPI, in part it says, "From a young age, Scott Turner demonstrated exceptional leadership skills both on and off the field. Raised in Richardson, Texas, he consistently excelled in academics and athletics. Scott attended the University of Illinois, where he achieved outstanding success as a dual-sport athlete in track and football. In addition to his athletic accomplishments, Scott pursued academic excellence, earning a degree in Speech Communications from the University of Illinois.
As the Chief Visionary Officer at JPI, Scott is responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive strategic vision to drive the company's growth and expansion. His role involves working closely with the Executive Leadership Team to devise and execute corporate strategy, establishing and maintaining strong relationships with local, state, and federal entities, reinforcing JPI's position as a thought leader, and promoting a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement."
What they failed to mention in the JPI website about Scott Turner, is that Scott Turner is working for a company (JPI Construction) that has been cited as recent as 2021, for alleged wage theft violations of over $1.7 million dollars.
Reportedly, "SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A San Diego-based construction company has been fined more than $1.7 million by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for allegedly failing to properly pay its workers, resulting in minimum wage and overtime violations, it was announced Monday.
JPI Construction allegedly didn’t properly pay employees working on commercial and residential construction projects, leading to wage theft violations affecting 265 workers, according to the Labor Commissioner’s Office.
The Labor Commissioner’s Office alleges an audit of the company’s payroll showed “illegally modified time sheets that removed record of the overtime hours the workers should have been paid.”
The owners have appealed the citations, which total $1,771,133, with $1,610,527 payable to the workers. Under the appeal procedure, the Labor Commissioner’s Office will hold a hearing before a hearing officer who will affirm, modify or dismiss the citations.
“Paying workers a flat rate is not an excuse to deny them the overtime hours they earned and should be paid,” California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower said in a statement. “The laws in California protect workers. It is critical that workers keep track of their hours and pay so they can defend themselves.”
Click here https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2021/2021-104.html for more about JPI Construction for allegedly cheating their workers with wage theft, a company that Scott Turner works for.
JPI Construction Was Also Involved In $10.5 Million Settlement:
Additionally, the JPI Construction website blurb for Scott Turner forgot to mention that Scott Turner is working for a company (JPI Construction LP.), that was involved in a landmark $10.5 million settlement to resolve a disability-based housing discrimination lawsuit back in 2012 with the Justice Department.
Reportedly, on June 25, 2012, "The Justice Department today announced its largest-ever disability-based housing discrimination settlement fund to resolve allegations that JPI Construction L.P. and six other JPI entities (collectively “JPI”) based in Irving, Texas, discriminated on the basis of disability in the design and construction of multifamily housing complexes throughout the United States.
Under the settlement, which was approved today by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, JPI will pay $10,250,000 into an accessibility fund to provide retrofits at properties built by JPI and to increase the stock of accessible housing in the communities where these properties are located. The settlement also requires JPI to pay a $250,000 civil penalty.
This is the largest civil penalty the Justice Department has obtained in any Fair Housing Act case.
“Today’s historic settlement demonstrates the Justice Department’s commitment to protecting the fair housing rights of persons with disabilities,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. “Builders of multifamily housing must consider accessibility at the outset, or they risk significantly greater expense to retrofit properties. As a result of this settlement, multifamily housing complexes will be retrofitted to comply with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and persons with physical disabilities will be afforded an equal opportunity to live in and visit these properties.”
“Equal access to housing for persons with disabilities is an important right protected by federal law,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Sarah R. Saldaña. “This settlement will help eliminate barriers and send a clear message that disability discrimination will not be tolerated. Disabled residents should know that this district remains committed to protecting their fair housing rights.”
Apparently, if the convicted felon Trump believes that Scott Turner is qualified to be the next HUD Secretary because he works for a company that allegedly ripped off it's workers with wage theft, and works for a company that screwed over people with disabilities at their many rental properties, then this may be of some concern to HUD's employees, and HUD's subsidized housing tenants.
In a release from NAHRO regarding Trump's pick to lead HUD, see the NAHRO release below.
Trump Nominates Scott Turner for HUD Secretary
https://www.nahro.org/news/trump-nominates-scott-turner-for-hud-secretary/
On Friday, November 22, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Turner for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Turner currently serves as Chair for Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank aligned with the incoming president. He previously led the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during President-elect Trump’s first administration, working closely with former HUD Secretary Ben Carson on reinvestment in distressed communities through the Opportunity Zone program. Turner also represented the 33rd District in the Texas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017 and was a former NFL player.
NAHRO looks forward to collaborating with Mr. Turner and sharing our 2024 Presidential Transition Document with him and his transition team, emphasizing the importance of adequate and responsible funding for housing programs. NAHRO remains committed to partnering with HUD to support the development and preservation of affordable housing, improve federal rental assistance programs, and ensure all families have access to safe, secure homes in thriving communities nationwide.
This article was updated to clarify Mr. Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives and not the U.S. House of Representatives.
NAHRO - Presidential Transition Report
Click below…
https://www.nahro.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-NAHRO-Presidential-Transition-Report.pdf
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National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement on Scott Turner’s Nomination for HUD Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2024
Contact NFHA [at] skdknick.com
https://nationalfairhousing.org/national-fair-housing-alliance-issues-statement-on-scott-turners-nomination-for-hud-secretary/
https://nationalfairhousing.org/category/press-releases/
National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement on Scott Turner’s Nomination for HUD Secretary
Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance® (NFHA™) released the following statement from Lisa Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer in response to Scott Turner, former Member of Congress (Texas) and former director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council’s nomination for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):
“Where you live has a big impact on how your life unfolds, and that varies greatly by neighborhood. The next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has tremendous shoes to fill and must prioritize actions that will achieve HUD’s mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities, provide affordable housing opportunities, and enforce the nation’s premier fair housing statute. Scott Turner has been nominated to lead HUD at a time when the number of housing discrimination complaints is at an all-time high and the nation is facing a fair and affordable housing crisis. Voters are demanding solutions to drive down the cost of housing, mortgage credit, and homeowners insurance, fill the nation’s over 4 million units affordable housing gap, and build viable, resilient communities where everyone can thrive. Voters nationwide are also pushing for increased fair and affordable housing funding—turning to ballot measures from Charlotte to Los Angeles to address the housing shortage, rising homelessness, and increased fair housing challenges.
NFHA™ urges Scott Turner, if confirmed, to fully enforce the Fair Housing Act which provides the blueprint to ensure equal access to the American dream for everyone. HUD’s next Secretary must tackle housing’s outsized role in driving inflation, delivering relief to everyday people and fairly expanding the Housing Choice Voucher Program as well as homeownership opportunities for first-generation homebuyers.
HUD’s new leader should ensure private fair housing centers—which service roughly 75 percent of all fair housing complaints—have the resources they need to provide critical services to consumers in local communities. Moreover, if confirmed, Mr. Turner should build on solutions like the Homeowner Assistance Fund and Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which kept millions of individuals and families housed during the COVID pandemic and helped allay a second foreclosure crisis. Additionally, Mr. Turner should work to curb discrimination, which costs the economy trillions, by focusing on reforming the systemic undervaluation of homes in Black and Latino communities. Inaccurate and biased appraisals were found to have robbed homeowners in predominantly Black neighborhoods of at least $162 billion in 113 metro areas. He should ensure fair pricing for mortgage loans by supporting Special Purpose Credit Programs and the use of positive rental payments and consumer cash flow data in mortgage underwriting since some credit scoring systems can perpetuate bias and/or significantly burden residents of the south. Lastly, if confirmed, Mr. Turner must fight for the necessary resources to effectively lead HUD.
During his previous administration, President-elect Trump gutted HUD’s staff and budget, including cuts to the Community Development Block Grant program, Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and HOME grant program, which jeopardized HUD’s ability to address the nation’s fair and affordable housing crisis or effectively handle thousands of housing discrimination complaints. Ensuring critical support for HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and local fair lending enforcement agencies is crucial to HUD’s important mission.
The HUD Secretary also provides key oversight to ensure the Government Sponsored Enterprises comply with the Fair Housing Act and must help implement HUD and the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s “Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Fair Housing and Fair Lending Coordination.” NFHA™ has worked with HUD under both Republican and Democratic administrations to assist HUD in facilitating this important function. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, via implementation of their Equitable Housing Finance Plans, are delivering on their statutory obligations to ensure credit liquidity for underserved consumers and communities. NFHA™ will take every step to ensure any discussions to privatize these housing giants will center their fair housing and duty-to-serve responsibilities.
NFHA™ is ready to work with the next administration and HUD’s leadership to develop a comprehensive national housing strategy, including tackling local exclusionary zoning ordinances that block fair and affordable housing for millions of individuals and families. Our obligation is to hold every presidential administration accountable for ensuring the promise of fair housing for all is upheld. We stand ready to defend any attempt to weaken existing fair housing and civil rights protections. Now is the time to advance fair housing opportunities for everyone, not just some.”
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is the country’s only national civil rights organization dedicated solely to eliminating all forms of housing and lending discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities for all people. As the trade association for over 170 fair housing and justice-centered organizations and individuals throughout the U.S. and its territories, NFHA works to dismantle longstanding barriers to equity and build diverse, inclusive, well-resourced communities.
For more about JPI Construction, who Scott Turner works for, see a few links below...
Lynda Carson may be reached at newzland2 [at] gmail.com
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For more about JPI Construction, who Scott Turner works for, see a few links below...
Scott Turner works for JPI Construction LP. - Scott.Turner [at] jpi.com
https://www.jpi.com/
https://www.jpi.com/our-people/scott-turner/
https://www.jpi.com/our-people/
https://www.jpi.com/communities/
https://www.jpi.com/insights/
JPI
https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/jpi
JPI.com - Jefferson Properties, Inc., a subsidiary of Southland Financial, a business founded by the Carpenter family of Dallas.
Carpenter family of Dallas, lawsuits
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JPI Multifamily Housing was acquired by Sumitomo Forestry America Inc.
JPI finalizes partnership with Sumitomo Forestry
https://www.jpi.com/jpi-finalizes-partnership-with-sumitomo-forestry/
Sumitomo Forestry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo_Forestry
Sumitomo Forestry America Inc., lawsuits
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Jefferson Cenza is owned by JPI, click below to see comments…
https://www.yelp.com/biz/jefferson-cenza-placentia-4
JPI Construction:
TEXAS
9001 Cypress Waters Blvd., Suite 2A, Dallas, TX 75019 3040 Post Oak Blvd Suite 1800 Houston, TX 77056
Corporate Office
972-556-1700
CALIFORNIA
11988 El Camino Real Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92130 400 Spectrum Center Drive Suite 1540 Irvine, CA 92618
California Region
858-369-5670
JPI CONSTRUCTION,INC (3414502)
Initial Filing Date
09/21/2011
Status
Active
Standing - SOS
Good
Standing - FTB
Good
Standing - Agent
Good
Standing - VCFCF
Good
Formed In
CALIFORNIA
Entity Type
Stock Corporation - CA - General
Principal Address
8170 RONSON ROAD
SUITE C
SANDIEGO, CA 92111
Mailing Address
8170 RONSON ROAD
STE C
SANDIEGO,CA92111
Statement of Info Due Date
09/30/2024
Agent
Individual
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8170 RONSON ROAD
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Justice Department Sues Large Multi-Family Housing Developer Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
WASHINGTON– The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against JPI Construction L.P. (JPI) and six JPI-affiliated companies in U.S. District Court in Dallas for failing to provide accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act at multi-family housing developments in Texas and other states.
Since 1991, when the Fair Housing Act first required most new multi-family housing to contain accessible features, JPI and its affiliates have built more than 200 apartment, condominium and other housing complexes in 26 states and the District of Columbia.
"Persons with physical disabilities should have the same housing choices as other persons," said Loretta King, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. "We will continue to pursue vigorously those who still have not gotten the message that failing to design and construct multi-family housing with basic features of accessibility violates the law."
Click below for more…
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-large-multi-family-housing-developer-alleging-disability-based
USA v. JPI Construction.LP, et,al…
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, ~v. JPI CONSTRUCTION, L.P.; MULTIFAMILY ~ ) CONSTRUCTION, L.L.C.; JPI APARTMENT ) DEVELOPMENT, L.P. D/B/A JPI CAMPUS ) Civil Action No. 3:09-cv-412 QUARTERS; LIFESTYLE APARTMENT ) DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, L.L.C.; JEFFERSON ) BEND, L.P. D/B/A JEFFERSON AT MISSION GATE ) APARTMENTS; JEFFERSON LAKE CREEK, L.P. ) D/B/A JEFFERSON CENTER APARTMENTS; and ) APARTMENT COMMUNITY REALTY, L.L.C.
A. Background 1. This action is brought by the United States to enforce the provisions of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair I-lousing Amendments Act of 1988,42 U.S.C §§ 3601-3619 (the "Fair Housing Act" or "FHA"), and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181-12189 ("ADA"). Specifically, the United States' Complaint alleges that the Defendants have engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against persons with disabilities and denied rights to a group of persons because of disability by failing to design and construct some or all of the 210 multifamily dwellings (hereinafter the "Subject Properties"), as set forth on Appendix A, with the features of accessible and adaptable design and construction required by subsections 804(£)(1),804(£)(2) and 804(£)(3)(C) of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C § 3604(£)(1), (2) & (3)(C), and in a manner required by the ADA, 42 U.S.C §12183(a)(I). The United States alleges that various Subject Properties do not comply with the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines, 56 Fed. Reg. 9472 (1991) ("Guidelines"), or another recognized, comparable, objective measure of accessibility, and do not comply with the ADA Standards.
Click below for more…
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2012/06/25/jpisettle.pdf
Justice Department Obtains Landmark $10.5 Million Settlement to Resolve Disability-Based Housing Discrimination Lawsuit
Monday, June 25, 2012
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced its largest-ever disability-based housing discrimination settlement fund to resolve allegations that JPI Construction L.P. and six other JPI entities (collectively “JPI”) based in Irving, Texas, discriminated on the basis of disability in the design and construction of multifamily housing complexes throughout the United States.
Under the settlement, which was approved today by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, JPI will pay $10,250,000 into an accessibility fund to provide retrofits at properties built by JPI and to increase the stock of accessible housing in the communities where these properties are located. The settlement also requires JPI to pay a $250,000 civil penalty.
This is the largest civil penalty the Justice Department has obtained in any Fair Housing Act case.
“Today’s historic settlement demonstrates the Justice Department’s commitment to protecting the fair housing rights of persons with disabilities,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. “Builders of multifamily housing must consider accessibility at the outset, or they risk significantly greater expense to retrofit properties. As a result of this settlement, multifamily housing complexes will be retrofitted to comply with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and persons with physical disabilities will be afforded an equal opportunity to live in and visit these properties.”
“Equal access to housing for persons with disabilities is an important right protected by federal law,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Sarah R. Saldaña. “This settlement will help eliminate barriers and send a clear message that disability discrimination will not be tolerated. Disabled residents should know that this district remains committed to protecting their fair housing rights.”
Click below for more….
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-obtains-landmark-105-million-settlement-resolve-disability-based-housing
Builder To Pay Millions For Disability Housing Violations
by Michelle Diament | June 26, 2012
In the federal government’s largest-ever settlement related to disability housing discrimination, a builder that’s operated in over two dozen states is set to pay more than $10 million.
The deal comes in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against Texas-based JPI Construction L.P. in which federal officials alleged that the company failed to design and construct several multifamily housing complexes to accommodate people with disabilities.
Under the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, builders are required to make multifamily housing accessible to those with disabilities. The Justice Department alleged that JPI did not meet those requirements at 32 of its properties.
Click below for more…
https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/06/26/builder-millions-housing-violations/15928/
Construction company cited over $1.7 million for alleged wage theft violations
by: City News Service
Posted: Oct 18, 2021 / 11:54 AM PDT
Updated: Oct 18, 2021 / 11:54 AM PDT
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A San Diego-based construction company has been fined more than $1.7 million by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for allegedly failing to properly pay its workers, resulting in minimum wage and overtime violations, it was announced Monday.
JPI Construction allegedly didn’t properly pay employees working on commercial and residential construction projects, leading to wage theft violations affecting 265 workers, according to the Labor Commissioner’s Office.
The Labor Commissioner’s Office alleges an audit of the company’s payroll showed “illegally modified time sheets that removed record of the overtime hours the workers should have been paid.”
The owners have appealed the citations, which total $1,771,133, with $1,610,527 payable to the workers. Under the appeal procedure, the Labor Commissioner’s Office will hold a hearing before a hearing officer who will affirm, modify or dismiss the citations.
“Paying workers a flat rate is not an excuse to deny them the overtime hours they earned and should be paid,” California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower said in a statement. “The laws in California protect workers. It is critical that workers keep track of their hours and pay so they can defend themselves.”
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/construction-company-cited-over-1-7-million-for-alleged-wage-theft-violations/
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More comments below about Trump's pick Scott Turner to be the next HUD Secretary, and about major budget cuts the fascist Republicans are proposing for the federal domestic programs that help out people all across our country.
Lynda Carson
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(Housing Wire Release)
Senate leaders sound off on Scott Turner’s HUD nomination
Sens. Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren have weighed in on Donald Trump’s pick to lead the housing agency in the new presidential term
November 27, 2024, 1:52 pm By Chris Clow
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/scott-turner-hud-secretary-nomination-senate-confirmation/
Late last week, president-elect Donald Trump announced that he had chosen Scott Turner, the former executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Housing industry reactions were primarily congratulatory for Turner. They included vows from organizations such as the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) and National Housing Conference (NHC) to work with the incoming HUD secretary on important issues facing the U.S. housing system.
But Turner will have to go through the confirmation process in the Senate before he is seated in his new role. In the meantime, two influential lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs have weighed in on Turner’s nomination.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the current ranking member of the committee who is likely to become its next chair, lauded Turner’s appointment in a press release from the committee’s minority shortly after the nomination was made public.
“For too many Americans across the country, access to quality, affordable housing is out of reach,” Scott said. “Federal housing policy has failed hardworking Americans for decades, and they deserve a different approach. I look forward to working with Scott Turner to put more Americans on the path towards homeownership and financial opportunity. The Senate Banking Committee will work quickly to consider his nomination.”
After losing the Senate majority in this month’s election, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) — the current committee chair — will no longer be serving in the chamber after having been defeated by his Republican opponent, Bernie Moreno.
But Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), an influential committee member and current chair on the Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, handily won reelection this month. Warren will be participating in Turner’s confirmation hearings and voiced her opinion on his nomination in a social media post this week.
“A good HUD Secretary must be serious about building more housing, taking on predatory corporations, and lowering costs for families,” Warren said in a post on the social media platform X. “If Turner implements Trump’s Project 2025 plans, it’ll be a disaster for first-time home buyers and working people struggling to afford rent.”
Project 2025 refers to a series of proposals published by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think thank, that could reshape many federal agencies and systems to more closely align with conservative ideology. It features a housing section written by Ben Carson, the HUD secretary during Trump’s first term, although Trump and his campaign aimed to distance themselves from the document during the run-up to the election.
But many of Turner’s views of specific housing issues, and the management challenges that would accompany the new HUD leader, are not currently known. Warren said she aims to keep an open mind as Turner moves through the confirmation process.
“I look forward to learning more about Turner’s views on how to address the housing crisis and will review his record with an objective and open mind ahead of his confirmation hearing,” she added.
HousingWire reached out to Warren’s representatives for further comment but did not receive an immediate response.
Warren’s concerns about the housing plans mentioned in Project 2025 have been called into question by supporters of the president-elect due to Trump’s statements that aim to distance himself from the playbook. But Trump also nominated a key architect of the policy playbook — Russell Vought — to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the new term.
Vought previously served in the same role in the final two years of the first Trump administration. But a spokesperson for the transition team reiterated the claim that Trump “never had anything to do with Project 2025,” according to reporting by The Associated Press.
In a social media post directed at the president-elect shortly after his nomination was announced, Turner said he is “thrilled to continue the outstanding work we began in your last administration at HUD with an incredible team. I am deeply humbled by your confidence in my nomination.”
Turner also described Carson as his mentor, saying the former HUD secretary leaves him with “big shoes to fill.”
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Note by Lynda Carson: Russell Vought and Project 2025 were mentioned in the above Housing Wire release.
For much more about Russell Vought, see a few links below (LC).
Russell Thurlow Vought, (Many details about the scary extreme right-wing fascist Russell Vought in link below.)
https://accountable.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-03-18-Executive-Office-of-the-President_Russ-Vought.pdf
Trump Taps Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought for OMB: Wants to Fire Civil Servants, Deploy Military
STORYNOVEMBER 25, 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/25/russ_vought_omb_project2025_trump_admin
Put them in trauma - Russell Vought
https://www.propublica.org/article/video-donald-trump-russ-vought-center-renewing-america-maga
“We’re Trying to Build a Shadow Office of Legal Counsel” - Vought
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8W5IgQchXo
Trumps-pick-to-lead-his-budget-office-wants-to-use-it-to-deliver-on-magas-big-dreams
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/trumps-pick-to-lead-his-budget-office-wants-to-use-it-to-deliver-on-magas-big-dreams/
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(Shelterforce Release)
Trump Picks Scott turner To Lead HUD
Click below…
https://shelterforce.org/2024/11/26/trump-picks-scott-turner-to-lead-hud/
In a slew of Friday evening nominations, President-elect Donald Trump named former Texas state Rep. Scott Turner as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Turner, who served in the House from 2013 to 2017, was the executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump’s first term. The council was responsible for identifying best practices for utilizing federal Opportunity Zones, a tax incentive that was designed to encourage private investment in communities that are often neglected.
Turner, a former professional football player, is also the chair of the Center for Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute, a right-wing think tank closely connected to Trump’s campaign for a second presidential term.
If confirmed by the Senate, Turner will take the helm of a federal agency that has a $70 billion-plus annual budget and manages programs that serve millions of tenants who live in public housing and use vouchers, help house people who are experiencing homelessness, and aid homeowners who are facing foreclosure, among other crucial activities.
Turner is Trump’s first Black appointee, continuing a pattern former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge complained about when she was seeking the agriculture secretary position in 2020—that of Black leaders being primarily relegated to HUD.
Because of his background with Opportunity Zones, the Black Community Developers Group—a coalition of 50 Black community developers, home builders, and CDFIs—worries Turner may look to the private sector to address the growing housing crisis.
“While these [Opportunity Zones] were intended to drive economic growth, they have been criticized for disproportionately benefiting wealthy investors over the communities they were designed to support,” the organization wrote in a statement commenting on the nomination. “This focus raises concerns about HUD’s future allocation of resources, as prioritizing such market-driven initiatives could divert funding from affordable housing programs critical to organizations.”
Dan Immergluck, professor of urban studies at Georgia State University, shares this concern. He posted about the appointment on the social media site BlueSky, calling the Opportunity Zone program, “a basically scam tax break widely regarded as worst & least-accountable economic development program in US history” and observing that “investors who have fed at the Opportunity Zone trough are all giddy . . . since they hope it means the program will be extended and maybe even become *more* lucrative.”
Those investors who have worked with Opportunity Zones are in fact sharing their excitement about Trump’s pick. That includes Savoy Equity Partners’ Barrett Linburg, who on LinkedIn said Turner’s appointment will mark, “a significant step forward for the future of Opportunity Zones . . .
Not only does this show Trump’s commitment to the program, but it also places one of the most experienced OZ advocates in a position of real influence.” In the last four years, Savoy Equity Partners has worked on 25 multifamily housing projects in Texas that utilized Opportunity Zone incentives.
WHAT TO EXPECT DURING A SECOND TRUMP PRESIDENCY
Last week, Shelterforce spoke with Sarah Saadian of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), and David Dworkin of the National Housing Conference about what can be expected in Trump’s second term, and how Project 2025 could play into it.
Project 2025 takes direct aim at HUD’s tools for creating and preserving affordable housing—specifically public housing, housing assistance vouchers, first-time homebuyer assistance, and any financial programs tailored toward homeowners who aren’t white. It instead recommends policies that would transform HUD into a profit-generating, privatized enterprise. Project 2025 calls for abolishing the Section 8 program’s proration system, which allows undocumented heads of household to receive benefits on behalf of eligible minor children. It would also enact time limits and work requirements on Section 8 recipients.
Dworkin thinks the fear of Project 2025’s extreme provisions, at least, is overblown, calling it a menu. “You order off the menu the things you can digest,” he says. “So there are a lot of things in Project 2025 that are part of a traditional conservative agenda that are highly unlikely to be done.”
Saadian says NLIHC is expecting to see a lot of the same harmful provisions from Trump’s first term in office, and worries Trump could follow through on his campaign promise to create sanctioned encampments for unhoused people. His presidential platform Agenda47 states that his presidency would “ban urban camping, offering violators the option to either receive treatment and rehabilitation or face arrest.” He also promised to premiere “tent cities” where “the homeless can be relocated and their problems identified” by doctors including psychiatrists, social workers, and drug rehab specialists.
Other first-term policies Saadian is particularly worried about seeing return—and potentially intensify—include Trump’s abrupt repeal of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule, failure to enforce HUD fair housing standards, threat to increase rents on HUD housing residents, and attacks on Housing First policies.
“I think what makes 2024 different than 2016 is that this time around, whoever is secretary is going to have fewer checks and balances on their power,” Saadian said. “There’s going to be fewer establishment Republicans in either Congress or in the administration who would push back on harmful policies.”
We’ll continue reporting on this developing story.
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(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Release about massive budget cutting proposals by Republicans)
House Republican Bills Deeply Cut Programs That Help Low-Income People and Underserved Communities
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Click below for the full report…
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/house-republican-bills-deeply-cut-programs-that-help-low-income-people-and
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More comments below about Trump's pick Scott Turner to be the next HUD Secretary, and about major budget cuts the fascist Republicans are proposing for the federal domestic programs that help out people all across our country.
Lynda Carson
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(Housing Wire Release)
Senate leaders sound off on Scott Turner’s HUD nomination
Sens. Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren have weighed in on Donald Trump’s pick to lead the housing agency in the new presidential term
November 27, 2024, 1:52 pm By Chris Clow
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/scott-turner-hud-secretary-nomination-senate-confirmation/
Late last week, president-elect Donald Trump announced that he had chosen Scott Turner, the former executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Housing industry reactions were primarily congratulatory for Turner. They included vows from organizations such as the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) and National Housing Conference (NHC) to work with the incoming HUD secretary on important issues facing the U.S. housing system.
But Turner will have to go through the confirmation process in the Senate before he is seated in his new role. In the meantime, two influential lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs have weighed in on Turner’s nomination.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the current ranking member of the committee who is likely to become its next chair, lauded Turner’s appointment in a press release from the committee’s minority shortly after the nomination was made public.
“For too many Americans across the country, access to quality, affordable housing is out of reach,” Scott said. “Federal housing policy has failed hardworking Americans for decades, and they deserve a different approach. I look forward to working with Scott Turner to put more Americans on the path towards homeownership and financial opportunity. The Senate Banking Committee will work quickly to consider his nomination.”
After losing the Senate majority in this month’s election, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) — the current committee chair — will no longer be serving in the chamber after having been defeated by his Republican opponent, Bernie Moreno.
But Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), an influential committee member and current chair on the Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, handily won reelection this month. Warren will be participating in Turner’s confirmation hearings and voiced her opinion on his nomination in a social media post this week.
“A good HUD Secretary must be serious about building more housing, taking on predatory corporations, and lowering costs for families,” Warren said in a post on the social media platform X. “If Turner implements Trump’s Project 2025 plans, it’ll be a disaster for first-time home buyers and working people struggling to afford rent.”
Project 2025 refers to a series of proposals published by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think thank, that could reshape many federal agencies and systems to more closely align with conservative ideology. It features a housing section written by Ben Carson, the HUD secretary during Trump’s first term, although Trump and his campaign aimed to distance themselves from the document during the run-up to the election.
But many of Turner’s views of specific housing issues, and the management challenges that would accompany the new HUD leader, are not currently known. Warren said she aims to keep an open mind as Turner moves through the confirmation process.
“I look forward to learning more about Turner’s views on how to address the housing crisis and will review his record with an objective and open mind ahead of his confirmation hearing,” she added.
HousingWire reached out to Warren’s representatives for further comment but did not receive an immediate response.
Warren’s concerns about the housing plans mentioned in Project 2025 have been called into question by supporters of the president-elect due to Trump’s statements that aim to distance himself from the playbook. But Trump also nominated a key architect of the policy playbook — Russell Vought — to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the new term.
Vought previously served in the same role in the final two years of the first Trump administration. But a spokesperson for the transition team reiterated the claim that Trump “never had anything to do with Project 2025,” according to reporting by The Associated Press.
In a social media post directed at the president-elect shortly after his nomination was announced, Turner said he is “thrilled to continue the outstanding work we began in your last administration at HUD with an incredible team. I am deeply humbled by your confidence in my nomination.”
Turner also described Carson as his mentor, saying the former HUD secretary leaves him with “big shoes to fill.”
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Note by Lynda Carson: Russell Vought and Project 2025 were mentioned in the above Housing Wire release.
For much more about Russell Vought, see a few links below (LC).
Russell Thurlow Vought, (Many details about the scary extreme right-wing fascist Russell Vought in link below.)
https://accountable.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-03-18-Executive-Office-of-the-President_Russ-Vought.pdf
Trump Taps Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought for OMB: Wants to Fire Civil Servants, Deploy Military
STORYNOVEMBER 25, 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/25/russ_vought_omb_project2025_trump_admin
Put them in trauma - Russell Vought
https://www.propublica.org/article/video-donald-trump-russ-vought-center-renewing-america-maga
“We’re Trying to Build a Shadow Office of Legal Counsel” - Vought
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8W5IgQchXo
Trumps-pick-to-lead-his-budget-office-wants-to-use-it-to-deliver-on-magas-big-dreams
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/trumps-pick-to-lead-his-budget-office-wants-to-use-it-to-deliver-on-magas-big-dreams/
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(Shelterforce Release)
Trump Picks Scott turner To Lead HUD
Click below…
https://shelterforce.org/2024/11/26/trump-picks-scott-turner-to-lead-hud/
In a slew of Friday evening nominations, President-elect Donald Trump named former Texas state Rep. Scott Turner as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Turner, who served in the House from 2013 to 2017, was the executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump’s first term. The council was responsible for identifying best practices for utilizing federal Opportunity Zones, a tax incentive that was designed to encourage private investment in communities that are often neglected.
Turner, a former professional football player, is also the chair of the Center for Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute, a right-wing think tank closely connected to Trump’s campaign for a second presidential term.
If confirmed by the Senate, Turner will take the helm of a federal agency that has a $70 billion-plus annual budget and manages programs that serve millions of tenants who live in public housing and use vouchers, help house people who are experiencing homelessness, and aid homeowners who are facing foreclosure, among other crucial activities.
Turner is Trump’s first Black appointee, continuing a pattern former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge complained about when she was seeking the agriculture secretary position in 2020—that of Black leaders being primarily relegated to HUD.
Because of his background with Opportunity Zones, the Black Community Developers Group—a coalition of 50 Black community developers, home builders, and CDFIs—worries Turner may look to the private sector to address the growing housing crisis.
“While these [Opportunity Zones] were intended to drive economic growth, they have been criticized for disproportionately benefiting wealthy investors over the communities they were designed to support,” the organization wrote in a statement commenting on the nomination. “This focus raises concerns about HUD’s future allocation of resources, as prioritizing such market-driven initiatives could divert funding from affordable housing programs critical to organizations.”
Dan Immergluck, professor of urban studies at Georgia State University, shares this concern. He posted about the appointment on the social media site BlueSky, calling the Opportunity Zone program, “a basically scam tax break widely regarded as worst & least-accountable economic development program in US history” and observing that “investors who have fed at the Opportunity Zone trough are all giddy . . . since they hope it means the program will be extended and maybe even become *more* lucrative.”
Those investors who have worked with Opportunity Zones are in fact sharing their excitement about Trump’s pick. That includes Savoy Equity Partners’ Barrett Linburg, who on LinkedIn said Turner’s appointment will mark, “a significant step forward for the future of Opportunity Zones . . .
Not only does this show Trump’s commitment to the program, but it also places one of the most experienced OZ advocates in a position of real influence.” In the last four years, Savoy Equity Partners has worked on 25 multifamily housing projects in Texas that utilized Opportunity Zone incentives.
WHAT TO EXPECT DURING A SECOND TRUMP PRESIDENCY
Last week, Shelterforce spoke with Sarah Saadian of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), and David Dworkin of the National Housing Conference about what can be expected in Trump’s second term, and how Project 2025 could play into it.
Project 2025 takes direct aim at HUD’s tools for creating and preserving affordable housing—specifically public housing, housing assistance vouchers, first-time homebuyer assistance, and any financial programs tailored toward homeowners who aren’t white. It instead recommends policies that would transform HUD into a profit-generating, privatized enterprise. Project 2025 calls for abolishing the Section 8 program’s proration system, which allows undocumented heads of household to receive benefits on behalf of eligible minor children. It would also enact time limits and work requirements on Section 8 recipients.
Dworkin thinks the fear of Project 2025’s extreme provisions, at least, is overblown, calling it a menu. “You order off the menu the things you can digest,” he says. “So there are a lot of things in Project 2025 that are part of a traditional conservative agenda that are highly unlikely to be done.”
Saadian says NLIHC is expecting to see a lot of the same harmful provisions from Trump’s first term in office, and worries Trump could follow through on his campaign promise to create sanctioned encampments for unhoused people. His presidential platform Agenda47 states that his presidency would “ban urban camping, offering violators the option to either receive treatment and rehabilitation or face arrest.” He also promised to premiere “tent cities” where “the homeless can be relocated and their problems identified” by doctors including psychiatrists, social workers, and drug rehab specialists.
Other first-term policies Saadian is particularly worried about seeing return—and potentially intensify—include Trump’s abrupt repeal of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule, failure to enforce HUD fair housing standards, threat to increase rents on HUD housing residents, and attacks on Housing First policies.
“I think what makes 2024 different than 2016 is that this time around, whoever is secretary is going to have fewer checks and balances on their power,” Saadian said. “There’s going to be fewer establishment Republicans in either Congress or in the administration who would push back on harmful policies.”
We’ll continue reporting on this developing story.
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(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Release about massive budget cutting proposals by Republicans)
House Republican Bills Deeply Cut Programs That Help Low-Income People and Underserved Communities
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Click below for the full report…
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/house-republican-bills-deeply-cut-programs-that-help-low-income-people-and
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