{"id":63426,"date":"2024-03-18T11:33:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=63426"},"modified":"2024-03-18T11:33:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:33:24","slug":"executive-director-appointed-to-strategic-planning-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=63426","title":{"rendered":"EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO \ufeffSTRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n

Plays Pivotal Role for National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alhambra, March 18, 2024<\/strong> \u2013 The Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) is excited to announce that its Executive Director, Emilio Salas, has been appointed to a two-year term to serve as a member of the national Strategic Planning Advisory Committee for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). Mr. Salas has served as Executive Director of the LACDA since 2021 and enjoys almost a 36-year tenure with the agency.<\/p>\n

\n

NAHRO is composed of housing and community development agencies and professionals throughout the country whose mission is to create affordable housing and safe, viable communities. The Advisory Committee will focus on creating the association\u2019s Strategic Plan, reviewing NAHRO\u2019s progress, and finding innovative ideas for NAHRO members and the affordable housing industry.<\/p>\n

\n

Under Mr. Salas\u2019 leadership, the LACDA has played an essential role in Los Angeles County\u2019s effort to eliminate homelessness by removing barriers and creating better housing accessibility \u2013 whether through financing new construction development or supporting programs that help the most vulnerable like those experiencing homelessness, veterans, and transition-aged youth.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cI am proud to have Mr. Salas among NAHRO\u2019s national leaders,\u201d said incoming NAHRO President George Guy. \u201cNow more than ever, we need talented and experienced leadership to ensure that NAHRO continues to be an invaluable resource that helps more than 26,000 organizations and professionals nationwide provide vital housing and services in their communities. I thank them for answering this call to service.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

Mr. Salas is a Los Angeles native and U.S. Army veteran specializing in human intelligence collection. In addition to his role as Executive Director, Mr. Salas previously served on NAHRO\u2019s National Housing Committee and is a former Board Member of the California Association of Housing Authorities.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThe work that we do at the LACDA is making a tremendous difference in the lives of our participants in Los Angeles County,\u201d said Emilio Salas, LACDA Executive Director. \u201cI am looking forward to working with my colleagues at NAHRO to lead the way and find new strategies to make housing affordable and community development a priority in our area.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plays Pivotal Role for National Association...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63427,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63426\/revisions\/63427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}