Scott Turner

19th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development — Housing and Urban Development

Signature issue: Housing supply through deregulation and Opportunity Zones; citizens-only HUD housing

Scoreboard tally

Wins, pending items, and setbacks on this profile are tallied from published scoreboard entries — never set by hand. The tally begins with the first reviewed weekly entry that scores this official.

Role status — October 2026: Turner is the incumbent Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, confirmed on February 5, 2025 (55–45) and still in role — a HUD release of October 14, 2026 shows him in active office. No turnover or announced change affects his seat.

His stated program has two halves. The supply half is deregulation plus Opportunity Zones: expand housing production by loosening federal rules and steering investment into designated zones. The eligibility half is restriction: HUD housing reserved for citizens, the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule terminated, and the Housing First model — the prior approach of housing people before imposing conditions — ended. Those terminations are among the clearest dated policy reversals on this roster, and each is scored to Turner as its evidence lands.

No attributed criticism of Turner was carried in this research pass; where critics of the AFFH termination or the Housing First reversal are quoted in future scoreboard entries, they will be attributed there rather than summarized here.

Verified channels:

Official-role X: @SecretaryTurner
Agency X: @HUDgov
Truth Social: no verified account found (see audit note)

Video sources: MODERATE. HUD’s own YouTube channel and its ICYMI TV output carry his appearances — hearings, housing events, and department features rather than a personal channel. Full-remarks search order for this site: White House → C-SPAN → committee → agency.

Why he matters to this chronicle: Turner owns the housing file inside the administration’s record: how much housing gets built, what federal rules stand in the way, and who qualifies for federal housing assistance. His citizens-only rule and the AFFH and Housing First terminations make his scoreboard unusually legible — the promises are dated, the reversals are dated, and the outcomes are measurable.

Sources (Oct 2026): Research Cluster B (2026-10-18), citing his Senate confirmation (Feb 5, 2025, 55–45), his HUD program record, and a HUD release of Oct 14, 2026; Roster Audit §2.