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In his capacity as New York City’s housing development commissioner, Shaun Donovan once worked in close partnership with Acorn to turn troubled properties into assets for the city. Now as Obama’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Donovan is unwilling to discuss the subject of the troubled community organizing group, even as the congress is pushing legislation that would order him to cut off all Acorn-related grants.