Scott Turner, former NFL football player, is set to appear before the Senate on Thursday morning to be confirmed as the next HUD secretary.

Picked to lead the housing agency under Trump, the former Texas House member tells senators there is a housing crisis. Democrats say they want to act only after a background check.

The committee vote was split along party lines, with Democrats saying that a lack of an FBI background check for Turner was a sticking point.

The Senate Banking Committee backed former NFL player Eric Scott Turner to become Housing and Urban Development secretary.

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on nomination of Scott Turner to be HUD secretary.

While reactions largely fall within partisan lines, both parties appear poised to work with new HUD leadership to tackle housing challenges.

WASHINGTON – Former Texas state Rep. Scott Turner, picked by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, told a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday ...

A former Texas legislator and NFL player, Turner has been tasked with overhauling the country's affordable housing system.

Senators pressed Department of Housing and Urban Development nominee Eric Scott Turner on how he would tackle housing affordability and homelessness during a Thursday confirmation hearing. “As a country, we’re not building enough housing,” Turner ...

(AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) Eric Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, delivers his opening remarks during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing for his pending ...

North Carolina affordable housing advocates are preparing for the worst but hoping for the best as the new Trump administration takes shape. Advocates say affordable housing groups will take a defensive posture in the coming months with a focus on protecting existing programs and policies designed to keep families in homes and provide access to

WASHINGTON — Senators pressed Department of Housing and Urban Development nominee Eric Scott Turner on how he would tackle housing affordability and homelessness during a Thursday confirmation hearing.