Marcia Fudge: “People want a hand up, not a hand out, and it is insulting to suggest otherwise.”

We estimate that just from the reduction in the mortgage insurance premium, we are going to help 850,000 people over the next year.

Lead removal is one of the most important things on my priority list.

I am committed more than I ever have been to try to help people who live in conditions that I have not seen in many places.

We believe that we are today 1.5 million homes short--housing units short of where we should be.