This is a common theme in Republican administrations dating back to presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. What you do is you break the government, make it very hard for the government to function, and then you loudly announce that the government can’t do anything.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
paint regulations under Title X) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy Homes Initiative, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, and National Asthma Control Program.
Office of Policy Development and Research (PDR), headed by a Senateconfirmed AS or PDAS. PDR was established in the early 1970s and today administers research activities, including external contract research grants, and provides analytical and policy advice to senior HUD staff. PDR also provides publicly available statistics through the American Housing Survey (AHS), which is sponsored by HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau; the State of the Cities Data Systems; data on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC); and annual Fair Market Rents and Income Limits data, among other statistical publications and datasets on the characteristics of families assisted under HUD programs.
Office of Inspector General (OIG), headed by an Inspector General. The OIG is independent of HUD and one of 12 Inspectors General across
the federal government authorized under the Inspector General Act of 1978.”? Operating under its own budget authority and strategic plan, the HUD OIG conducts internal and external audits and investigations of HUD programs and operations. While independent of HUD and holding no enforcement powers over HUD programs, HUD OIG works closely with the Office of General Counsel, the Departmental Enforcement Center, and HUD program offices. The Inspector General serves as an adviser to and nonvoting member of the FHA Mortgagee Review Board.
Office of Field Policy and Management (FPM), headed by an Assistant Deputy Secretary for FPM. FPM supports the Secretary through regional and field office communication and external engagement with various community stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of Secretarial initiatives and special projects.
HUD REFORM PILLARS
Ideally, Congress would redelegate authorities that have been diverted to HUD’s
administrative bureaucracy and safeguard taxpayers against the mission creep that
inevitably occurs when Congress delegates power to an empowered and unelected
bureaucracy that is insulated by civil service protections. If implemented, the
reforms proposed in this chapter can help a new conservative Administration to
use its Article II powers to rectify bureaucratic overreach, reverse the expansion
of programs beyond their statutory authority, and end progressive policies that
have been put in place at the department.