Biden taps Rep. Marcia Fudge to lead housing agency
Rep. Marcia Fudge could become the second Black woman to lead HUD
Joe Biden has nominated Rep.
Marcia Fudge as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The appointment of HUD secretary would make Fudge the second Black woman to lead the agency.
As confirmed to
theGrio by the Biden transition team, President-elect Biden selected the Ohio Democrat, who is the second Black person named to Biden’s cabinet this week after Gen.
Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired military officer chosen by Biden to run the Pentagon.
If confirmed by the Senate, she would succeed the current secretary, Dr.