King County Executive Sims nominated for HUD position

Published 2:46 pm Monday, February 2, 2009

King County Executive Ron Sims was nominated Monday by President Barack Obama for a spot with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Senate, as of Feb. 2, had yet to confirm the nomination. If Sims is accepted to the second-in-command position he will oversee 8,500 workers and manage a roughly $39 billion budget, according to the Associated Press. He will be expected to address the nation’s home foreclosure epidemic.