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Scott Turner: “That's why $100 billion of private money was invested into…”

Featuring: Scott Turner, Republican | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | National

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American Dream Investing: Conversation with HUD Secretary Scott Turner | Future of Finance 2026

Published | Video Starts at 11:29

Leaders have people in their church, in their said parishes. The education leader is the one teaching, but the community leader has the heartbeat. That's the beauty of opportunity zones. That's why $100 billion of private money was invested into Opportunity Zones. 400,000 new units of housing, a million people coming off the poverty rolls. And I don't think we talk about this much. You're talking about a million individuals coming off the poverty rolls. (11:29–11:34)

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