The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pointed out that half or its DC headquarters is being used after the agencies building was added to a list of federal properties marked for sale by the Trump administration on Thursday.
The HUD headquarters became the first important federal agency building that will be added to the list of general services administration of “assets identified for the accelerated disposition” in the midst of the efforts of the Republican Party to lose weight of the Government’s real estate portfolio and potentially relocate the headquarters of the agency outside the capital of the country.
Simultaneously, Democrats have tasks to block these efforts, even through the introduction of legislation in Congress.
Last month, the GSA retracted a list of 440 “non -basic” assets, including HUD headquarters and more than a boxes from other federal buildings that had initially listed for sale or elimination, according to the Federal News Network. Subsequently, the GSA published a new list, but HUD is the first headquarters of the first executive agency that is included.
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The Federal Building Robert C. Weaver in Washington, DC (Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump campaigned to relocate federal agencies outside the capital of the nations in 2024 as part of his broader efforts to clean the waste, lose weight to the federal government and “dismantle the deep state.”
Earlier this week, Trump signed an executive order that rescues two previous executive actions placed in force under the Carter and Clinton administrations, which the president said in his directive “prevented the agencies from being relocated to lower cost facilities.” The Trump directive also points out that when approaching the federal agencies closer to the people they serve, instead of being centrally located in the capital of the nation, it will help the most successful departments to carry out their missions.
“The HUD approach is to create a workplace that reflects the values of efficiency, responsibility and purpose,” Hud Scott Turner’s secretary said Thursday. “We are committed to government operations and ensure that our facilities support an optimal performance and exceptional service as we collaborate with our partners in GSA to offer results to the US people.”
HUD indicated Thursday that the timeline and the final location for the relocation of the headquarters are still being considered. (Getty Images; Fox News)
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HUD indicated Thursday that the timeline and the final location for the relocation of the headquarters were still being considered. But the agency noticed that the Washington Metropolitan Area, DC, remains one of the main options under consideration.
The HUD headquarters is located within the Federal Building Robert C. Weaver, which is located in the southwest part of DC according to HUD, the building faces $ 500 million in “Deferred Maintenance and Modernization Needs”, the SID agency costs Los Tancexpayers in Tancy, operations expenses.
The headquarters of the United States Housing and Urban Development Department in Washington, DC, March 3, 2025. (Getty Images; Fox News)
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The media reports at the beginning of this month indicated that the Department of Agriculture has been gathering plans to relocate its federal headquarters outside DC, according to several officials informed about the plans.