Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren, who are likely to be influential in the Senate Banking Committee in 2025, weighed in on the HUD nominee.

Turner has recently been focused on education policy, but worked on Opportunity Zones under the first Trump administration.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has chosen Scott Turner, a little-known former pro football player and motivational speaker, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, an agency that plays a central role in addressing the growing national affordability crisis.