# List of Department of Housing and Urban Development appointments by Donald Trump

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## Color key

Denotes appointees serving in offices that did not require Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees confirmed by the Senate.
Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
Denotes nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office.

## Appointments (first administration)

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Ben Carson | March 2, 2017 (Confirmed March 2, 2017, 58–41) |
| Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Brian D. Montgomery | May 12, 2020 (Confirmed May 12, 2020, 61–32) |
| Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Brian D. Montgomery | January 17, 2019 |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Housing) | Dana T. Wade | July 29, 2020 (Confirmed July 29, 2020, 57–40) |
| Federal Housing Commissioner | Dana T. Wade | July 29, 2020 (Confirmed July 29, 2020, 57–40) |
| General Counsel of Housing and Urban Development | J. Paul Compton Jr. | January 5, 2018 (Confirmed December 18, 2017, 62–34) |
| Chief Financial Officer of Housing and Urban Development | Irving Dennis | January 5, 2018 (Confirmed December 21, 2017, voice vote) |
| Inspector General of Housing and Urban Development | Rae Oliver Davis | January 23, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote) |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations) | Len Wolfson | January 5, 2018 (Confirmed December 21, 2017, voice vote) |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Community Planning and Development) | John Gibbs | August 2017 |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity) | Anna Maria Farias | August 22, 2017 (Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote) |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Policy Development and Research) | Seth Daniel Appleton | June 2019 (Confirmed June 20, 2019, voice vote) |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Public and Indian Housing) | Hunter Kurtz | June 2019 (Confirmed June 20, 2019, voice vote) |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Office of Administration) | John "Jack" Bobbitt | TBD (Confirmed April 21, 2020, voice vote) |
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| President of the Government National Mortgage Association | Vacant | |

## Previous officeholders (first administration)

| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Craig Clemmensen | January 20, 2017 | March 2, 2017 | |
| Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Pam Patenaude | September 27, 2017 | January 17, 2019 | Announced in December 2018 that she planned to resign in the new year. |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Administration) | Suzanne Israel Tufts | January 5, 2018 | October 19, 2018 | Resigned after controversy over being the next acting inspector general for the Interior Department. |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Community Planning and Development) | Neal Rackleff | October 18, 2017 | November 2018 | |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Housing) Federal Housing Commissioner | Dana T. Wade | July 2017 | June 2018 | |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Housing) Federal Housing Commissioner | Brian Montgomery | June 5, 2018 | May 12, 2020 | Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Housing) Federal Housing Commissioner | Len Wolfson | May 12, 2020 | July 2020 | |
| Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Indian Housing) | Hunter Kurtz | | January 7, 2021 | Resigned following the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol. |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ginnie Mae | Michael Bright | July 2017 | January 16, 2019 | |
| Interim President of Ginnie Mae | Michael Bright | July 2017 | January 16, 2019 | President Trump nominated him to be permanent president of Ginnie Mae in May 2018, but the nomination was not confirmed before Bright resigned. |

## Appointments (second administration)

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Scott Turner | February 5, 2025 (Confirmed February 5, 2025, 55–44) | |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Matt Ammon | January 20, 2025 | February 5, 2025 |