Hood sets a half -operating headquarters in the capital for sale

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicated that half of the headquarters of the capital is used only after adding the agency building to a list of federal property that was placed for sale by the Trump administration on Thursday.

HUD headquarters has become the first main building of the Federal Agency that is added to the list of “specific assets for accelerated behavior” amid the efforts of the Republican Party to put out the government Real Estate Portfolio Perhaps the agency’s headquarters has been transferred outside the country’s capital.

At the same time, Democrats have taken steps to prevent these efforts, including by introducing legislation into Congress.

Last month, GSA retracted a list of 440 “non -basic” assets, including HUD headquarters and more than ten other federal buildings that initially included it for sale or disposal, according to the Federal News Network. GSA later published a new list, but HUD is the first headquarters of the executive agency to be included.

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president Donald Trump He carried a campaign to transfer federal agencies outside the country’s capital in 2024 as part of his broader efforts to clean waste, clean the federal government and “dismantle the deep state.”

Earlier this week, Trump signed an executive order to cancel two former executive measures in which Carter and Clinton’s departments said, in which he said, “Preventing agencies from moving to low -cost facilities.” Trump also indicates that by transporting federal agencies near people who serve, rather than being in a central location in the country’s capital, it will help departments to carry out their duties with greater success.

“Hood focuses on creating a workplace that reflects the values ​​of efficiency, accountability and purpose”, ” Secretary HUD Scott Turner He said Thursday. “We are committed to government operations rights and ensuring our facilities support the culture of optimal performance and exceptional service and we are cooperating with our GSA partners to provide results to the American people.”

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HUD indicated on Thursday that the schedule and the final location of the headquarters were not considered. But the agency noted that the metro area in Washington, DC, remains one of the best options in view.

HUD is located inside the Robert C. Weaver Federral building, which is located in the southwestern part of the capital, according to HUD, and the building faces $ 500 million in “postponed maintenance and modernization needs”, which the agency said that taxpayers are more than $ 56 million annually at rental expenses and operations.

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Media reports indicated earlier this month to Ministry of Agriculture Plans have been assembled to transport its federal headquarters outside the capital, according to a number of officials who have been briefed on the plans.