HUD Announces Changes in Field Office Transformation Plans

On November 25, 2013 Ben Metcalf, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Multifamily Housing, announced three key changes in its field office reorganization plan.  The following changes were made as a result of feedback HUD received about its transformation project:

1.   Keeping MF staff in Minneapolis and Baltimore to add geographic coverage and support for the NY and Chicago regions, which will be the two largest in terms of staff and workload.  The Minneapolis office will be a Chicago Hub satellite; the Baltimore office will be NY Hub satellite.  HUD will ask employees to choose their top four relocation preferences among the twelve future state offices, including Minneapolis and Baltimore.

2.   Raising its travel budget to make sure that HUD staff can assess unusual environmental conditions, service troubled properties and participate in interagency preservation activities where field offices are being consolidated.

3.   Training one Field Policy & Management HUD staff member in each consolidating location to maintain close ties to communities, lenders, and other stakeholders as Multifamily staff relocate.  These staff liaisons will facilitate communication with MF staff in the Hub and satellite offices.

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Ben Metcalf, expressed his confidence that the transformation will increase HUD’s ability to deliver on its mission working as a team.  For more information on HUD’s Transformation, visit the HUD website or send questions to MFT@hud.gov.