NAHB Commends Confirmation of Brian Montgomery as Deputy Secretary of HUD

Jerry Howard, chief executive officer of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), issued the following statement regarding the Senate confirmation of Brian Montgomery as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):

“NAHB applauds the Senate confirmation of Brian Montgomery as the new deputy secretary of HUD. Mr. Montgomery has a well-deserved reputation of being an expert in affordable housing policy, and he is an outstanding federal agency administrator. NAHB looks forward to continuing to work with Deputy Secretary Montgomery to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the housing sector, rein in costly regulations that are exacerbating the nation’s housing affordability crisis and to promote policies that support homeownership and rental housing opportunities for all Americans.”