On Feb. 26, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs approved the nominations of Seth Appleton to be Assistant Secretary of HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research, Dr. Mark Calabria to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and Robert Kurtz to be Assistant Secretary of HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing. Appleton and Kurtz’s nominations were approved on voice votes, while Calabria’s nomination was approved on a 13-12 party-line vote. All three nominations will now head to the full Senate for consideration.
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