People in the News

By Caitlin Jones
August 24, 2009 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, July 2009: A number of top officials have been sworn at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. They include: Ron Sims, Deputy Secretary; Sandra Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; Peter Kovar, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs; John Trasvina, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and Helen Kanovsky, General Counsel. Sims was formerly the chief executive of King County, WA. Henriquez previously was administrator and chief executive officer of the Boston Housing Authority. Kanovsky previously was chief operating officer and general counsel of the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust.

David Kunhardt, formerly with AEGON USA and Transamerica, is Vice President of Partnership Finance at Solar Power Partners, Inc., Mill Valley, CA.

Breaking Ground

Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Minnesota Housing Commissioner and Incoming Chair of National Council of State Housing Agencies

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 10 min read

Earlier this fall, Jennifer Leimaile Ho was elected chair of the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ (NCSHA) 2025 Board of Directors. Ho is the Commissioner of Minnesota Housing, having been appointed by Governor Tim Walz in January 2019 and reappointed in 2023.

“Business as Usual”

Leaders in Equity Express Optimism Despite an Uncertain Future

Abram Mamet • December 1, 2024 9 min read

Any outside observer may assume some unease amongst the low-income housing industry. Buffeted on the one hand by residual stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic and on the other by the uncertain prospects of an incoming federal administration keen on cutting spending and shrinking government programs, the affordable housing landscape is experiencing an inflection point.

NCSHA Recognizes Stand-Out Affordable Housing Programs and Initiatives

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 7 min read

This fall, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) recognized 17 programs offered by state housing finance agencies across the nation that creatively developed tools to tackle their communities’ affordable housing challenges.