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Housing and urban development Secretary Scott Turner activates the role of the private sector in helping the economically problem areas that have been neglected for decades – including the touring areas of Philadelphia, which have seen mass development since it served in Trump’s first administration.
“The last five years have brought $ 84 billion in private investments. One million people have been removed from poverty. from Philadelphia.
On Thursday, Turner went to the city of brotherly love to meet with local communities and business executives to discuss and tour the recently busy areas of the city and projects of the possibilities that are defined as economically unpleasant areas across the country that stimulate investment and economic development through federal tax benefits for investors. The possibilities were created within the framework of the first Trump administration through the 2017 tax and job reducing law.
Turner held the position of Executive Director of the Council of Opportunities and Revival of the White House during the first Trump administration, as well as headed the “opportunity” initiative.
Secretary Scott Turner visits the battery in Philadelphia. (Fox Digital)
Now that Turner holds the post of HUD secretary in Trump’s second administration, he has viewed his excitement from the “2.0” zone, which will make the program “Even better than before”.
“I am very excited about the extension, the continuation of the possibilities. And the 2.0 capacity areas if you like, and my assessment will be even better. So I look forward to cooperating with Senator Tim Scott, Congress, White House and our private partners to do it even better, ”he said.
Turner spent Thursday, meeting with local leaders in the Philadelphian housing body, before traveling to a grocery store built in the Northern Philadelphia neighborhood, Sharvud-Bumberg, which was historically shocked by crimes and economic struggle.
The product store, called the product outlet, is part of the mixed use project that has occurred after HUD announced the $ 30 million election quarters in 2020, which attracted an additional $ 517 million. The development includes a public center that houses the housing body of Philadelphia, medical clinic and additional housing.
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Turner secretary visits a grocery store near Philadelphia, which was previously a desert. (Fox Digital)
Turner also visited a recently completed building in the Figouone Philadelphia, called “battery”, which is the development of the area of capabilities, which provided almost 200 apartments along the Delaware River with a view of the Horizon Philadelphia. The building also houses a luxurious boutique boutique called Riversuites in the battery.
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Earlier, the building served a power plant, which was built immediately after the First World War, before it was closed and for decades was vacant, without hoping for intensification of high costs and rehabilitation work, investors and local development executives that joined Turner during the excursion. The prospects of the building unfolded in 2020, as the appointment of opportunities and tax benefits for the conservation of historical objects has attracted an investment of $ 154 million.
Turner secretary visits Philadelphia. (Turner/X)
Now the building demonstrates modern living quarters, keeping its architecture in the area of Philadelphia, which was previously neglected by housing and economic capabilities.
“I am very excited. We are here in the battery in Philadelphia, which is a project of the opportunity. This is the development of mixed use. This is the old factory they stopped removing in this building to bring mixed use, economic development and community development using the” Area Zone “.
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“There is living space here. There is a commercial space. And people in the field can now use this … 50 years this place was outdated and closed. And now, thanks to investment areas, the opportunity … This is a flowering place that Philadelphia can use again,” he added.
Entrance to the battery in Philadelphia. (Fox Digital)
Turner explained Fox Digital that developments in the areas of opportunities affect families and whole communities while combining economic opportunities for private investors.
“Philadelphia has done a great job, because it concerns the opportunities of zones … And I would say, and I will say that there are a lot of excitement from our private development, and partners across the country about expanding the possibilities. Families influence the mission in HUD. This economic development is the development of the community. Our mission is to be blessed. The possibilities are the main factor in this, ”he said.
The battery sits directly on the Delaware River and retains its history as a power plant. (Fox Digital)
Philadelphia was shocked by a crime, fentanyl’s dependence and Homelessness in recent yearsWhat were the three problems that were spirals across the country against the background and after the Corovavirus pandemic. Turner emphasized the Digital Fox News that “Government is not the answer“The issues related to housing crisis in America, homelessness, drug addiction and crime, but instead have to work as a” partner “in the private sector, programs based on faith and non -profit organizations.
“The homelessness is a great thing in our country,” he said. “Last year, it grew by 18% – more than 770,000 people in January 2024 were homeless, and it is unacceptable. With the record HUD financing, we still have a homelessness crisis in our country.”
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The secretary Turner visits the battery in Philadelphia. (Fox Digital)
“Partnership relations in society are vital for eradication of homelessness,” he continued. “Probable institutions, non-profit institutions that do work daily, we need a partner. The federal government is not a response. The Federal Government-Power Partner, an excellent facilitator. But this is a private sector, a faith that is non-profit, which really has hands to the ease and legs that do daily work.”
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HUD secretary was on an immigration blitz, including the Association of Forces with Secretary Christie is calling Last week, to create a new interagency initiative aimed at ensuring that federal housing funds do not go to illegal immigrants. A A couple of Trump officials He signed a memorandum on Monday’s understanding, which enshrined partnerships in efforts to stop the “wasteful illegal assignment” of state resources funded by taxpayers who had previously benefited illegal immigrants under Baden’s administration.
Secretary Hud Scott Turner went to Philadelphia on Thursday. (Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Turner said illegal immigrants using government housing, funded by the government, “noticed” that he and HUD prefer only Americans for housing.
“Those who are illegally living in public housing, which are funded by HUD, will notice (them) you will notice that this is unacceptable,” Turner said. “We will no longer have it.”
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“In HUD we serve only one of the four Americans we have to serve, and it should end,” Turner continued. “And so we not only do this priority, but also make that our only priority is that US citizens will benefit from the hard -working US dollars.”
