[1] The Federal Housing Commissioner is appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate.

[3] The Assistant Secretary is paid at level IV of the Executive Schedule,[4] receiving a basic annual salary of up to $200,000 depending on certain factors.

[7] Finally, on June 16, 1976, HUD Secretary Carla Hills merged the two roles into one single Assistant Secretary for Housing & Federal Housing Commissioner role,[8] which remains the title today.

She served as Federal Housing Commissioner until October 2014, when she stepped down to take a faculty position at the University of California at Berkeley.

Before her, Brian D. Montgomery, who was confirmed in February 2005 served as Federal Housing Commissioner.