On June 20, the Senate confirmed Hunter Kurtz as Assistant Secretary of Public and Indian Housing at HUD. Kurtz most recently served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. He also served in the White House as the Deputy Chief of Staff at the Council of Economic Advisers. The Senate also confirmed Seth Appleton as Assistant Secretary of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) at HUD. Appleton recently served as HUD’s Associate Deputy Secretary. Before that, he served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations.
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