The Trump Effect: The Building Industry’s Most Political Animals

These five builders, developers, and housing advocates have used their industry expertise to move into the political arena--much like "The Donald" hopes to do.

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Andrew Cuomo

The current governor of New York and former HUD secretary has a solid background in residential development. He founded Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged (H.E.L.P.) in 1986, which has grown to become one of the country’s largest private providers of transitional housing for the homeless. The organization provides education, job training, treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, mental health services, and emergency and transitional housing to help homeless people turn their lives around and become self-supporting.

Cuomo also worked as head of the New York City Commission on the Homeless before serving as HUD secretary under Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001.


About the Author

Jennifer Goodman

Jennifer Goodman is a former editor for BUILDER. She lives in the walkable urban neighborhood of Silver Spring, Md.

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