The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) will launch a U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Task Force to review how HUD is spending American taxpayer dollars. The task force will be composed of HUD employees who will examine how to best maximize the agency’s budget and ensure all programs, processes and personnel are working together to advance the purpose of the Department.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner took to the social media platform X to make the announcement in a 30-second video earlier today.
The DOGE task force will meet regularly and report its findings and suggestions to HUD Secretary Turner. Secretary Turner established the task force in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.
“HUD will be detailed and deliberate about every dollar spent to serve rural, tribal and urban communities,” Secretary Turner said. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we are no longer in a business-as-usual posture and the DOGE task force will play a critical role in helping to identify and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse and ultimately better serve the American people. We have already identified over $260 million in savings, and we have more to accomplish.”
DOGE, an initiative of the second Trump administration led by Elon Musk, is not a Cabinet-level department of the government, but a temporary contracted government organization under the U.S. DOGE Service, formerly known as the United States Digital Service. DOGE’s stated purpose is to reduce wasteful and fraudulent federal spending, and eliminate excessive regulations. The organization was created to “modernize federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.”
DOGE has taken swift action toward its goal of rooting out government fraud, waste, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, having targeted a number of DEI initiatives and federal agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Education (DOE), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Treasury Department, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), among others.
