NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Rep. Marcia Fudge was confirmed as secretary of housing and urban development by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
Fudge, a Democrat from Ohio, will be the first Black woman to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development in more than 40 years.
Fudge has said she wants to end discriminatory housing practices in an effort to narrow the racial wealth gap, according to the Washington Post.
She has said one of her most immediate goals is providing rental assistance to the millions of tenants at risk of eviction amid the pandemic.
Fudge was expected to vote for President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on Wednesday before resigning her seat in Congress and then being sworn into her new role later in the day.