Overview

• GSA and HUD cited over $500 million in deferred maintenance at HUD’s Robert C. Weaver Federal Building as justification for the move
• Plans call for HUD to occupy the 18th and 19th floors of the NSF tower, including an executive dining room and reserved parking for the HUD secretary
• NSF management and its 1,833 employees first learned of the takeover through union alerts on Tuesday evening rather than an internal announcement
• NSF was not consulted on the decision and currently lacks funding or a designated site for relocating its scientific operations
• Jesus Soriano, president of the NSF employee union, warned that the sudden takeover jeopardizes NSF’s work and staff stability