If confirmed by the Senate, Rouse and Fudge will play integral roles in Biden’s efforts to repair the damage of the coronavirus recession while pushing for a strong and equitable recovery.
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“Rep. Fudge and Dr. Rouse will bring expertise and empathy to these jobs. And these two Black women, with deep ties to Ohio and the industrial heartland, will bring important perspective and life experience to the management of our economy – perspective that has been sorely lacking,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown
Fudge would lead HUD’s efforts to prevent millions of families currently protected under federal foreclosure and eviction bans from homelessness once those protections expire. She would also run point on the Biden administration’s efforts to expand affordable housing, fight housing discrimination and improve the nation’s public housing supply.