Word: hud
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Such characterizations are lopsided. They disregard the assignment President Reagan gave me -- to reduce the size and the cost of Government while helping the most needy -- and they bypass my achievements. When I became Secretary, HUD's assisted-housing debt was expected to reach $250 billion by 1983. We stopped that at $244 billion and turned it downward to about $200 billion by the time I left office. But we were able to do more with less. We substantially increased the amount of housing for the needy...
...What about the $2 billion to $4 billion in losses due to the HUD scandal...
...condone any losses. There was no idea of "Let's just cut the federal deficit to hurt the poor." At HUD we were trying to do our part to reduce that deficit and avoid the possibility of trouble in the economy...
...Were HUD contracts awarded on the basis of political influence...
...Republicans and Democrats, former HUD officials, Congressmen, Governors, mayors and many others -- literally thousands of people -- communicated with me about their requests for housing under a variety of HUD programs. My general operating procedure was to send each request to the appropriate staff at HUD with instructions to consider it carefully, and if the request met the necessary requirements, grant it; if not, deny it. No request was to be given any special advantage because it was submitted by a Republican or was in some way associated with a Republican. My decisions were based on facts, law and logic...