{"id":31453,"date":"2018-04-07T01:29:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T05:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=31453"},"modified":"2020-10-15T11:15:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T15:15:02","slug":"swamp-creatures-are-terrified-of-what-ben-carson-is-doing-to-clean-up-hud-by-horace-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2018\/04\/07\/swamp-creatures-are-terrified-of-what-ben-carson-is-doing-to-clean-up-hud-by-horace-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Swamp Creatures are Terrified of What Ben Carson is Doing to Clean Up HUD"},"content":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s been a year since Dr. Ben Carson was confirmed as Secretary for Housing and Urban Development. For most of its existence HUD is the cabinet-level agency probably best known for management challenges and the occasional corruption scandal involving local government officials abusing funds.<\/p>\n
Liberals love HUD, because it hands out billions of dollars in the name of social justice. Not coincidentally, the money is often hard to account for, which is why it often ends up in the pocket of corrupt officials.<\/p>\n