Ben Carson wants to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development because he thinks better housing can help solve what he calls America’s “divisiveness.”Carson, a former pediatric neurosurgeon with no government experience, has faced scrutiny about why he wants to run the agency, which provides billions of dollars for public housing and other programs. “It’s a good question,” Carson wrote in prepared remarks released before his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee. "I want to help heal America’s divisiveness, and I think HUD is positioned to help in that healing. He said he is interested in working on problems of substandard housing, which can cause poisoning, asthma and other health problems. “Some of us came in with deep housing experience while others had to learn it,” they wrote.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 12, 2017 15:58 UTC