Award Presentations
Affordable Housing Pioneer Award Honoree
MICHAEL BODAKEN President, National Housing Trust (1993–2018) During 25 years with the National Housing Trust (NHT), Mr. Bodaken led NHT’s growth into a major affordable housing organization. Under his leadership, the Trust won the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award for Creative & Effective Institutions. Mr. Bodaken has been directly involved in providing technical assistance to capable nonprofit organizations interested in purchasing affordable, multi-family housing developments. Mr. Bodaken was inducted into Affordable Housing Finance’s Hall of Fame in 2012, and served as a deputy mayor in Los Angeles from 1989 to 1992. He also practiced public interest law for more than a decade, specializing in class action homeless litigation and tenants’ rights.
16 • THE NHP FOUNDATION 2018 SYMPOSIUM & DINNER
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