I'm Going to Leave Politics Alone for Now, Julian Castro Says on HUD Exit
In 2012, the mayor of San Antonio, Julián Castro, won a spot at the Democratic National Convention. He gave a keynote address that would propel him into the national spotlight – in a similar way that Sen. Barack Obama’s speech had some eight years before. Castro’s rising profile was reaffirmed when President Obama tapped him to head the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2014.
This week, Secretary Castro gave his farewell address to employees of the department. As he prepares for a low-key homecoming on Jan. 20, when Ben Carson takes up the HUD mantle, the outgoing secretary speaks to Texas Standard about what his next steps will be.
On comments that he’s worried about the department “going backward” after he leaves office:
“Every time an administration changes hands, the new team brings in their own priorities and their own perspective. And of course that’s their prerogative and we’ll see what perspective Dr. Carson brings to HUD. I just think it’s tremendously important that we keep up a lot of the momentum that has built up with regard to housing opportunity and fair housing during the Obama Administration.
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