HUD chief showcases how private-public partnerships uplift economically neglected areas in Philly tour

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner is reinvigorating the private sector's role in aiding economically distressed areas that have been neglected for decades – including touring areas of Philadelphia that have seen massive development since he served in the first Trump administration. 

"The last five years have brought $84 billion of private investment. One million people have gotten lifted off the poverty rolls. Home values and Opportunity Zones have risen, while rents did not go up. And so the Opportunity Zones initiative is not only about economic development, but it's about community development. Families are able to build brand-new foundations for their lives," Turner told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview from Philadelphia. 

Turner traveled to the City ...