Conference Presentation, Fireside Chat, Panel
American Dream Investing: Conversation with HUD Secretary Scott Turner | Future of Finance 2026
- Implementation of a proposed rule in Champaign, Illinois, allowing public housing authorities to mandate work or impose time limits for able-bodied tenants, with the expectation of restoring dignity and strengthening families.
- Projected outcomes from the work requirement rule include a $501 million increase in tenant income and approximately 79,000 families achieving self-sufficiency within one year.
- Strategic shift toward serving the most vulnerable, promoting self-sustainability, providing disaster recovery relief, addressing root causes of homelessness, and treating mental illness and drug addiction to facilitate a return to self-sufficiency.
- Removal of the "affirmatively furthering" fair housing rule to restore zoning control to localities, redefining HUD's role from micromanager to convener and facilitator to encourage private sector innovation in affordable housing.
- Commitment to making Opportunity Zones permanent, citing a prior billion-dollar investment that created 400,000 housing units and lifted 1 million people out of poverty.
- Anticipated use of removing permanent chassis from manufactured homes as an innovative industry tool for the 22 million Americans currently housed in them.
- Prioritization of increasing housing supply, specifically single-family homes in rural communities, to address both demand and supply-side factors in achieving homeownership.
- Expectation of additional public-private partnership initiatives emerging in the housing sector beyond currently discussed strategies.
- Emphasis on homeownership as a priority of utmost importance, with bold decisions made to assist individuals in achieving the American dream.