The Division of Housing and City Growth (HUD) identified that solely half of its D.C. headquarters is getting used after the company’s constructing was added to a listing of federal properties marked on the market by the Trump administration Thursday.
HUD’s headquarters turned the primary main federal company constructing to be added to the Normal Companies Administration’s checklist of “belongings recognized for accelerated disposition” amid GOP efforts to slim down the federal government’s actual property portfolio and probably relocate company headquarters outdoors the nation’s capital.
Concurrently, Democrats have taken steps to dam these efforts, together with via the introduction of laws in Congress.
Final month, the GSA retracted a listing of 440 “non-core” belongings, together with the HUD headquarters and greater than a dozen different federal buildings it had initially listed on the market or disposal, based on the Federal Information Community. The GSA subsequently posted a brand new checklist, however HUD is the primary main govt company headquarters to be included.
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The Robert C. Weaver Federal Constructing in Washington, D.C. (Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Photos)
President Donald Trump campaigned on relocating federal businesses outdoors the nation’s capital in 2024 as a part of his wider efforts to wash up waste, slim down the federal authorities and “dismantle the deep state.”
Earlier this week, Trump signed an govt order rescinding two prior govt actions enforce beneath the Carter and Clinton administrations, which the president mentioned in his directive “prevented businesses from relocating to lower-cost services.” Trump’s directive additionally factors out that by transferring federal businesses nearer to the individuals they’re serving, somewhat than being centrally situated within the nation’s capital, it’ll assist the departments extra efficiently perform their missions.
“HUD’s focus is on making a office that displays the values of effectivity, accountability and function,” HUD Secretary Scott Turner mentioned Thursday. “We’re dedicated to rightsizing authorities operations and making certain our services assist a tradition of optimum efficiency and distinctive service as we collaborate with our companions at GSA to ship outcomes for the American individuals.”
HUD indicated Thursday the timeline and closing location for the headquarters relocation remains to be being thought of. (Getty Photos; Fox Information)
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HUD indicated Thursday the timeline and closing location for the headquarters relocation have been nonetheless being thought of. However the company did be aware that the Washington, D.C., metro space stays one of many high choices into account.
The HUD headquarters is situated contained in the Robert C. Weaver Federal Constructing, which is within the Southwest a part of D.C. In accordance with HUD, the constructing is going through $500 million in “deferred upkeep and modernization wants,” which the company mentioned prices taxpayers greater than $56 million yearly in hire and operations expenditures.
The U.S. Division of Housing and City Growth headquarters in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2025. (Getty Photos; Fox Information)
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Media studies earlier this month indicated the Division of Agriculture has been placing collectively plans to relocate its federal headquarters outdoors D.C., based on a number of officers briefed on the plans.
