Come on , he is Swedish . <| sep |> Just because Castro was a mayor doesn ' t mean he is an expert on sustainable real estate development for lower and middle class communities . In fact , during Castro ' s tenure as mayor San Antonio has gentrified in the same manner as all other cities in the US . If he had done something to promote multiclass development in wealthy areas that was a net positive for the community , I would get behind him and his expertise , but he hadn ' t succeeded in that . The rental class has gotten squeezed during the past decade so the past two experts in HUD haven ' t exactly done anything . Rents have gone higher , luxury condos are the only thing being built , the upper middle class and wealthy remain concentrated in their bubble communities . Fresh faces and ideas are needed sometimes , so I don ' t understand why you need a Washington Insider to assume the position .