Joe DeFelice

Assistant Deputy Secretary of @HUDgov (Field Director) & Regional Administrator of @HUDMidAtlantic Posts from May 2017-January 2021 are from prior tenure.

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

@HUDgov Choice Neighborhoods provided the $30Million seed to sprout hundreds of millions in private investment into Sharswood at @PhilaHsgAuthPHA Excited to be w @keljerry and others to ribbon cut another 65 beautiful units in this thriving community.

[Scott Turner @SecretaryTurner]

Opportunity Zones spur small businesses, jobs, and — most importantly during National Homeownership Month — housing in forgotten communities.

Thanks to @POTUS’ Working Families Tax Cuts, OZs will bring even more housing to market across the country.

[Department of Housing and Urban Development @HUDgov]

Opportunity Zones have created over 400,000 new housing units across the country.

During National Homeownership Month, @SecretaryTurner emphasizes the importance of OZs for creating much-needed housing supply.

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

Excited to join leaders in the State of Delaware for an in depth discussion on housing affordability & Opportunity Zones at @GBCEdu Local regs, elder & NYC/DC migration, & land use policies are some issues contributing to rising prices locally. We will take this info back to DC.

[Scott Turner @SecretaryTurner]

From Wall Street to Main Street, our builders are ready to build and @POTUS is making it possible.

In honor of National Homeownership Month, housing starts have reached their highest level since December 2024 and deregulation saved Americans $212 billion last year alone.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

This Homeownership Month, President Trump and @HUDgov are delivering REAL solutions to restore affordable homeownership and bring the American Dream back within reach. 🇺🇸

🏡 Slashing bureaucratic red tape
🏡 Homebuilding innovation
🏡 Mortgage accessibility

[NYSE 🏛 @NYSE]

Honorable @SecretaryTurner of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (@HUDgov), joins NYSE Live to discuss how administration is empowering homebuilders during #NationalHomeownershipMonth and America’s 250th anniversary (@America250).

Click here to watch the full conversation from the Trading Floor ⤵️
https://t.co/UKrhttpzKg

[ICE @ICE_Markets]

To mark National Homeownership Month, ICE and @NYSE welcomed @HUDgov (HUD) @SecretaryTurner to ring The Opening Bell®.

HUD supports the housing industry to better serve homebuyers, so the dream of homeownership is attainable for more Americans.

At ICE, we share a commitment to that mission. Through technology, data, and workflow automation, we help to modernize the mortgage process.

[Scott Turner @SecretaryTurner]

It is National Homeownership Month and the Trump Administration is expanding access to the American Dream.

We’re tearing down regulatory barriers, bringing back community lenders, and expanding mortgage access to millions of Americans.

[Scott Turner @SecretaryTurner]

Secretary Turner Rings Opening Bell at NYSE for Homeownership Month https://t.co/rPGL93x0rx

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

TY to @martinsburgwv for hosting our @HUDgov team to talk about barriers to housing affordability & Opportunity Zones. Appreciate Mayor Knowles bringing us over to the transformed OZ funded Inwoven Mills which now houses 350+ apartments & new retail spaces & eliminating blight.

[Scott Turner @SecretaryTurner]

Homelessness does not have to be a permanent condition.

At the CPD Homelessness Roundtable, we heard from Americans who found a way out and proved no one is a lost cause.

HUD is reforming federal homeless assistance to give people a real path out.

[Department of Housing and Urban Development @HUDgov]

500 days in and we are just getting started. 🇺🇸🏠

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

Our @HUDgov team was in Easton, PA discussing local impacts to housing affordability and what Opportunity Zones can do for their community. Also had the chance to tour the Simon Silk Mill and see one of the best adaptive reuse projects yet! TY County Exec Zrinski & Mayor Panto.

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

Our @HUDgov team hosted a Section 3 listening session in Philadelphia & heard from residents who built a pathway towards self sufficiency & broke the cycle of generational poverty. To paraphrase @SecretaryTurner “Government housing should be a trampoline not a hammock.”

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

We ended our day in Coatesville where we listened to local/state leaders, developers, businesses & residents on what is impacting affordability at the local level & how they can leverage federal opportunity zones to the City’s advantage. Thank you to Susan Springsteen for hosting

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

Happy to welcome the newest member of the @HUDgov Work & Dignity Coalition, supporting self sufficiency in HUD funded housing, the Chester County Housing Authority. Thank you to CEO Paul Diggs and his team.

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

We were also in Chester County today to address @HUDgov grantees from across Eastern Pennsylvania & the State of Delaware on the vital importance of community planning and development and how we, at HUD, can be their federal partner.

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

We then joined our friends at @hope_phl to see their myriad of housing options from eviction prevention through to home ownership. These two institutions have had a long history of servicing our neighbors in West Philly.

[Joe DeFelice @JoeDeFeliceHUD]

Earlier this week we spent some time in West Philly with some our housing friends. First stop was with Reverend Bonnie Camarda and her team at the @SalArmyPhilly. Excited to hear about their plans for redevelopment and renovation so that our seniors can age gracefully in place

[Department of Housing and Urban Development @HUDgov]

This Memorial Day, as we approach our country’s 250th anniversary, remember those who laid down their lives to make it possible.