(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON ā Housing secretary nominee Marcia Fudge told senators Thursday that she would take āextraordinary actionsā to prevent people from losing their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Fudge championed homeownership as a classically American āticket to the middle classā and endorsed federal financial assistance to expand the ranks of minority homeowners.
And we are in extraordinary times,ā said Fudge, speaking remotely from Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland.
Fudge also endorsed direct federal financial assistance to help prospective minority homeowners with the down payment on a mortgage.
When Kennedy asked her directly whether she believed Republicans cared about Black Americans, Fudge tersely answered, āI do, some, yes.āSen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, defended Fudge.