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Department of Housing and Urban Development

2018-2019 Agency Priority Goals


Promote Economic Opportunity for HUD-Assisted Residents

Goal Leader: Todd Richardson, General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research

Goal Statement: Promote economic opportunity for HUD-assisted residents by encouraging self-sufficiency and financial stability, as measured by increasing the proportion of households who exit HUD-assisted housing for positive reasons.

Goal Action Plans & Progress Updates


Protect Families From Lead-Based Paint and Other Health Hazards

Goal Leader: Matthew Ammon, Director of the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

Goal Statement: Protect families from lead-based paint and other health hazards by making an additional 23,500 at-risk housing units healthy and lead-safe by the end of FY 2019.

Goal Action Plans & Progress Updates


Reduce the Average Length of Homelessness

Goal Leader: David C. Woll, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development

Goal Statement: Reduce the average length of homelessness in communities by an average of 3 days by the end of FY 2019.

Goal Action Plans & Progress Updates


Enhance Rental Assistance

Goal Leader: Hunter Kurtz, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Goal Statement: Transform assisted housing by repositioning 125,000 additional Public Housing units to a more sustainable platform from the beginning of FY 2018 through the end of FY 2020.

Goal Action Plans & Progress Updates