House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., warned Monday that Ben Carson isn't qualified to run the Department of Housing and Development.

"Dr. Ben Carson is a disconcerting and disturbingly unqualified choice to lead a department as complex and consequential as Housing and Urban Development," Pelosi said in a statement.

"Our country deserves a HUD Secretary with the relevant experience to protect the rights of homeowners and renters, particularly in low income and minority communities, and to ensure that everyone in our country can have access to safe and affordable housing without facing discrimination or homelessness," she added.

"There is no evidence that Dr. Carson brings the necessary credentials to hold a position with such immense responsibilities and impact on families and communities across America," he said.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform, agreed with Pelosi and said Trump has named someone who is "woefully unqualified" to run HUD. He also said Trump's decision to nominate Carson and others to his Cabinet means it's clear that Trump has "no interest in protecting American homeowners from Wall Street abuses."

"During his time in Baltimore, Dr. Ben Carson was a phenomenal neurosurgeon, but he has no experience developing housing policy affecting tens of millions of households or running a complex federal agency, as his own spokesman admitted just last month," Cummings said.

"Mr. Trump said during the campaign he would support working-class Americans, but his appointments make it clear he intends nothing of the sort," he added.

Carson has been Trump's expected choice for the last few weeks, and has been criticized by Democrats as someone with no experience with federal housing programs.

However, Carson has indicated he would push to end the Obama administration's plans to mandate certain diversity goals when it comes to housing.