Clinton hails Jackson’s expected resignation from HUD

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) was quick to react to the anticipated resignation of Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson by criticizing the Bush administration’s lack of action on helping the struggling housing market.

{mosads}Clinton’s campaign released the former first lady’s statement before the resignation, which was reported Monday morning by the Associated Press, was made official. The New York senator has sought to make her plan to help the struggling housing market a centerpiece of her presidential campaign.

“Secretary Jackson’s resignation ends a tenure at HUD marked by an indifference to Congressional oversight powers, cronyism, and corrupt contracting practices that have no place in our government,” Clinton stated.

However, the former first lady argued that Jackson’s decision to step down “does nothing to address the Bush administration’s wait-and-don’t-see posture to our nation’s housing crisis, which is threatening to drive our economy into a painful recession.”