New acting HUD secretary uses Chicago appearance to tout Biden green energy plan

Becoming the latest White House Cabinet member to visit Chicago as President Joe Biden gears up for a heated reelection campaign, the acting secretary for Housing and Urban Development announced a “historic” nationwide investment Thursday in green energy for low-income and affordable housing. In her first public appearance since former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge resigned Friday, Adrianne Todman talked up the Biden-Harris administration’s push for affordable housing and said the green energy initiative underscored the administration’s commitment to environmental justice. “That the president spoke about the need for affordable housing,...