President-elect Barack Obama stated that Shaun Donovan will be the person in charge of the HUD or Department of Housing and Urban Development and will also be concentrating on maintaining houses reasonably priced.

According to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, foreclosures increased in 2008 from 1 million to 2.25 million.

In addition, Mortgage Bankers Association reported that 1 out of 10 property owners are default in paying the mortgage.

Obama stated that he plans to make use of the 2nd half of $700 billion fund permitted by the Congress to lessen the number of foreclosures.

Donovan is a 42-year old architect from Harvard and manages a $7.5 billion plan in the state of New York with a job of making or maintaining 165,000 cheaper houses as Commissioner of New York’s Housing Preservation and Development Agency.

According to Spokesman Nick Shapiro, Donovan, who wants a Senate approval, was unavailable for meetings.

Meanwhile, Obama has quickly named positions in the Cabinet with errors in terms of financial system, including the people in charge of Commerce and Treasury Departments. Obama stated that HUD will have a big responsibility in establishing or maintaining 2.5 million employments in 2 years.

Donovan is a resident in New York and has a master’s degree in Architecture and in Public Administration.

He was the Assistant HUD Secretary under the previous President Bill Clinton.

In addition, he was a Managing Director of cheaper house investments, as well as in lending at the Prudential Mortgage Capital.

National Housing Conference President Conrad Egan said that Donovan’s appointment as a Housing Secretary of the Obama administration will give a bigger importance on reasonably priced houses than HUD had in the past few years.

Manhattan Institute Policy Research Vice President Howard Husock trusts that Donovan will find methods in helping landlords venture into business and at the same time, stop foreclosures as well.