The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development was established in 1965 in order to oversee housing policies and conditions in the country. After the November 2020 election there are still a few vacancies in the HUD’s leadership that will most likely be filled within the next year when President Biden appoints them. The leadership of the Department of Housing and Urban Development is relatively more diverse when compared to the leadership in other United States Departments.
In total there are twenty members of their leadership with ten females and ten males. There is an even amount of both females and males.
When we focus on the gender composition by race we see that there are more females than males among Black or African American and Hispanics. There are nearly twice as many White males as there are White females. There are an equal amount of Asian women to Asian men.
Among the American racial groups, there are more white leadership officials with nine members, five Black and African Americans, and four Hispanics. Asians were represented the least on the board with only two members. There are no Native American or Pacific Islander Members.
Overall there is a majority representation of Black and African Americans, Hispanics and Asian groups with eleven leadership officials and only nine White leadership officials. The department is in need of Native American and Pacific Islander representation.
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has one of the most diverse United States Departments leadership.
