2018 Symposium & Dinner Journal

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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