HUD Secretary Turner says manufactured housing key to supply

Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner reiterated his focus on increasing housing supply and streamlining operations at the federal agency.

“Making housing more affordable and increasing the supply of housing in our country…is a top priority of mine,” Turner said at a luncheon hosted by the Exchequer Club and Women in Housing & Finance in Washington on Wednesday.

In order to achieve lower housing costs and more supply, the department must “take off anything that is burdening those things,” he noted. As has been the case before, Turner highlighted the negative impact of regulations on single-family home construction and manufactured housing.

“We want to increase manufacturing housing. It’s the most affordable,” Turner noted. “We want to continue to build much…