PHADA represents nearly 1,900 housing agencies overseeing more than 1.9 million low-income housing units across the U.S.
ATLANTA – Today, the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA) announced that Atlanta Housing President and CEO Terri M. Lee will serve as Senior Vice President for the PHADA Board of Trustees.
PHADA President and Executive Director of Bayonne Housing Authority John T. Mahon appointed Lee to the role. Lee previously served on PHADA’s Executive Committee as parliamentarian and will assume her new responsibilities in the coming weeks as the sole Senior Vice President of the 50-member PHADA Board of Trustees. The Senior Vice President assumes and performs all duties of the president in their absence.
“As our national affordable housing crisis deepens, PHADA is helping the field meet this moment by bringing housing authorities together around practical solutions, coordinated federal advocacy and shared learning,” said Terri M. Lee, President and CEO of Atlanta Housing. “At a time when communities across the country must expand housing opportunity at greater scale, speed and levels of partnership, Atlanta Housing has an important perspective to contribute and a responsibility to keep learning from leaders nationwide. As Senior Vice President of the PHADA Board, I look forward to deepening Atlanta’s role in that work, alongside PHADA leadership, Congress and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and to bringing national insight and innovation home for the families and communities we serve.”
PHADA is one of the nation’s leading advocacy organizations for public housing agencies, representing nearly 1,900 housing agencies overseeing more than 1.9 million low-income housing units in communities across the U.S. PHADA’s members include small, rural and urban housing authorities that administer critical federal housing programs such as public housing, housing choice vouchers and the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD). For nearly 50 years, PHADA has provided advocacy, resources and professional development to support safe, affordable housing, while serving as a leading voice before Congress and HUD on issues affecting affordable housing and the families it serves.
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President and Chief Executive Officer Terri M. Lee leads The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georgia (Atlanta Housing), the largest housing authority in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation. Atlanta Housing carries the prestigious Moving to Work (MTW) designation and serves as an industry leader in providing and facilitating affordable housing resources for nearly 27,000 low-income households comprised of approximately 43,000 people through its Atlanta Housing-owned residential communities, tenant-based and project-based vouchers, supportive housing, as well as down payment assistance, where innovation leads the approach to making the dream of homeownership attainable for more Atlantans. Atlanta Housing programs are funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.