Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon-turned-politician who ran for president in 2016 before becoming President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary, is the ...

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Secretary Scott Turner’s plan to take funding from “housing first” programs appears rooted in harmful stereotypes about the ...

Ben Carson, secretary of housing and urban development, on a tour of the Columbus Choice Neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio, April 27, 2017. Carson has been whipsawed by a job he has found puzzling, with ...

A pricey dining room set ordered for the office of HUD Secretary Ben Carson has been canceled following backlash. A NY Times article says the agency spent over $31K on furniture for Carson’s office.

Secretary Ben Carson’s stumble over a real estate acronym that he heard as Oreo dominated the headlines of a congressional hearing Tuesday about the Department of Housing and Urban Development, but ...

Incoming Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has been in talks with “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey about the changes he hopes to bring to America’s inner cities. Like most in Hollywood ...

Dr. Ben Carson is President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD. But is a retired pediatric neurosurgeon who has criticized the Fair Housing ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson had a bit of a rough day recently. Carson appeared on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Financial Services Committee, ...

WASHINGTON -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson appeared to think a freshman congresswoman was questioning him about Oreo cookies during a congressional hearing Tuesday, instead of ...

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has been criticized for saying poverty is a state of mind. He said that last week after the Trump administration asked Congress to cut billions of ...