United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

The United States secretary of housing and urban development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and thirteenth in the presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on September 9, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act into law.^[2] The department's mission is "to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination."^[3]

United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Seal of the department
Flag of the department
Incumbent Scott Turner since February 5, 2025
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Style	Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	President of the United States
Seat	Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, D.C.
Appointer	President of the United States with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	42 U.S.C. § 3532
Formation	September 9, 1965; 59 years ago (1965-09-09)
First holder	Robert C. Weaver
Succession	Thirteenth[1]
Deputy	Deputy Secretary
Salary	Executive Schedule, level I
Website	www.hud.gov

The secretary of housing and urban development is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,^[4] thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024.^[5]

The current secretary of housing and urban development is Scott Turner, who was sworn in on February 5, 2025.

List of secretaries of housing and urban development

Parties

  Democratic (9)   Republican (10)

Status

  Denotes acting secretary

No.	Portrait	Name	State/territory of residence	Took office	Left office	President(s)
1		Robert C. Weaver	New York	January 18, 1966	December 18, 1968		Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
2		Robert Wood	Massachusetts	January 7, 1969	January 20, 1969
3		George W. Romney	Michigan	January 22, 1969	January 20, 1973		Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
4		James Lynn	Ohio	February 2, 1973	February 5, 1975
							Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
5		Carla Hills	California	March 10, 1975	January 20, 1977
6		Patricia Harris	District of Columbia	January 23, 1977	September 10, 1979		Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
7		Moon Landrieu	Louisiana	September 24, 1979	January 20, 1981
8		Samuel Pierce	New York	January 23, 1981	January 20, 1989		Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
–		J. Michael Dorsey Acting	New York	January 20, 1989	February 13, 1989		George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
9		Jack Kemp	New York	February 13, 1989	January 20, 1993
10		Henry Cisneros	Texas	January 22, 1993	January 20, 1997		Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
11		Andrew Cuomo	New York	January 29, 1997	January 20, 2001
–		William C. Apgar Acting		January 20, 2001	January 24, 2001		George W. Bush (2001–2009)
12		Mel Martinez	Florida	January 24, 2001	August 13, 2004
13		Alphonso Jackson	Texas	August 13, 2004	September 1, 2004
				September 1, 2004	April 18, 2008
–		Roy A. Bernardi Acting	New York	April 18, 2008	June 4, 2008
14		Steve Preston	Illinois	June 4, 2008	January 20, 2009
–		Brian D. Montgomery Acting	Texas	January 20, 2009	January 26, 2009		Barack Obama (2009–2017)
15		Shaun Donovan	New York	January 26, 2009	July 28, 2014
16		Julián Castro	Texas	July 28, 2014	January 20, 2017
–		Craig Clemmensen Acting		January 20, 2017	March 2, 2017		Donald Trump (2017–2021)
17		Ben Carson	Florida	March 2, 2017	January 20, 2021
–		Matt Ammon Acting		January 20, 2021	March 10, 2021		Joe Biden (2021–2025)
18		Marcia Fudge	Ohio	March 10, 2021	March 22, 2024
–		Adrianne Todman Acting	United States Virgin Islands	March 22, 2024	January 20, 2025
–		Matt Ammon Acting		January 20, 2025	February 5, 2025		Donald Trump (2025–present)
19		Scott Turner	Texas	February 5, 2025	present