President Barack Obama

President-elect Barack Obama, in his weekly radio address, indicated he would be nominating Shaun Donovan to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Donovan is currently head of New York’s urban housing agency. He had taken a leave of absence to campaign for Barack Obama.

Obama made his announcement on Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet broadcast. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been accused of failing to get rid of racial discrimination in the nation’s housing and lending markets. Obama has hopes that Donovan, as Secretary of HUD, would strive to assure that housing is affordable for all Americans and end remaining racial discrimination in housing.