Michael P. Kelly

Michael P. Kelly is the Executive Director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA). He assumed this post in September 2000. Prior to his unanimous appointment by the DCHA Board of Commissioners, Mr. Kelly served as the authority’s Chief Executive Officer.

Before joining DCHA, Mr. Kelly was the Executive Director of the New Orleans Housing Authority (HANO) from 1995 to 2000 where, among other achievements, he was successful in removing the agency from HUD’s Troubled Housing Agency list.

Prior to his tenure at HANO, Mr. Kelly spent 10 years at the San Francisco Housing Authority where he served in several capacities, including the authority’s Acting Executive Director.

Mr. Kelly is an active professional in the affordable housing industry. He has served on several task forces and committees, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Troubled Housing Recovery Team and the negotiating committee for the Public Housing Operating Subsidy. He also served as an advisor to the congressionally chartered Millennial Housing Commission.

Mr. Kelly is the only registered architect to head a large public housing agency, and is the former Harvey-Wadsworth Professor of Urban Affairs at Tulane University’s School of Architecture.

He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the National Organization of Minority Architects, and the American Planning Association. He is an Executive Board member of the Council for Large Public Housing Authorities, a Board Member of the National Housing Conference, and a member of the national Housing Committee for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Mr. Kelly also serves on the Board and is a founding member of the National Organization of African Americans in Housing.

Mr. Kelly received his BA in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University. He received a Master’s in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s in Education from San Francisco State University.

 

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