Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force
Michael P. Kelly Confirmation Resolution of 2004
PR 15-782

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March 12, 2004

The Honorable Linda W. Cropp 
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., Suite 504 
Washington. D.C. 20004

Dear Chairman Cropp:

In accordance with section 2 of the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Temporary Act of 2003, effective December 9, 2003 (D.C. Law 15-52), which established the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force, I am pleased to nominate the following persons for appointment:

as members of the Task Force, representing banking or financial service institutions, for terms to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as members of the Task Force, representing the for-profit housing production community, for terms to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as members of the Task Force, representing the non-profit housing production community, for terms to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as a member of the Task Force, with expertise in housing policy from the academic or nonprofit community, for a term to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as a member of the Task Force, representing the philanthropic community, for a term to end l - year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as a member of the Task Force, representing the employer-assisted housing provider, for a term to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as members of the Task Force, representing the multifamily property owner community, for terms to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as a member of the Task Force, representing the residential real estate profession, for a term to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as a member of the Task Force, representing an organization that advocates for the production, preservation, and rehabilitation of affordable housing for lower-income households, for a term to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as a member of the Task Force, representing low-income tenants, for a term to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as citizen representative members on the Task Force, for terms to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in;

as a member of the Task Force, representing an organization that provides supportive housing services including housing counseling, financial management, in-kind assistance, or legal representation, for a term to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn in; and

as members of the Task Force, representing government agencies, including independent housing agencies, for terms to end 1-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in.

Enclosed you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-mentioned nominees, together with proposed resolutions to assist the Council during the confirmation process.

I would appreciate the Council's earliest consideration of these nominations for confirmation. Please do not hesitate to contact me should the Council require additional information.

Sincerely,
Anthony A. Williams 
Mayor

Enclosures 

AAW/edl

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Chairman Linda W. Cropp, at the request of the Mayor

A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

To confirm the appointment of Mr. Michael P. Kelly to the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force Michael P. Kelly Confirmation Resolution of 2004".

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:

Mr. Michael P. Kelly
427 Whittier Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20012
(Ward 4)

as a representative member of the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force, established by section 2 of the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Temporary Act of 2003, effective December 9, 2003 (D.C. Law 15-52), representing the District of Columbia Housing Authority, for a term to end I-year from the date a majority of the first members are sworn-in.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor. 

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

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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. Additionally, he is a certified planner and member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Mr. Kelly is the Vice President of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, and is a Founding Board Member of the National Organization of African Americans in Housing. He is a member of the National Housing Conference's Board of Trustees, serves on the Board of City Year, and is a member of the National Housing Committee for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. He is also a member of the American Institute of Architects, the National Organization of Minority Architects, and the American Planning Association.

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,