Anas Ben Addi
 
Anas Ben Addi serves as the director of the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA). Formerly the Authority’s director of housing finance, Ben Addi was appointed to his new post by Governor Jack Markell and confirmed by the Delaware State Senate in January 2009.
 
DSHA serves as the housing finance and planning and community development agency for the State of Delaware, as well as the public housing authority for Kent and Sussex counties. The Authority manages an annual average of $200 million in federal, state and bond funding. Additionally, DSHA maintains financial and physical assets around $1.5 billion.
 
As director of DSHA, Ben Addi has been instrumental in the success of several new initiatives such as the innovative use of Temporary Assistance of Needy Families (TANF) funds to provide mortgage foreclosure assistance grants to Delaware families and the creation of a $25 million new construction bond set-aside for first-time homebuyers aimed at boosting the new construction market. In cooperation with other state agencies and advocates, he pushed for and secured state funding to create the Statewide Rental Assistance Program which serves low-income Delawareans who require affordable housing and supportive services to live safely and independently in the community. Working closely with partners and staff, Ben Addi has also strived to streamline the access to DSHA programs such as the Housing Development Fund (HDF) and the Delaware Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (DEMAP).
 
Director Ben Addi currently serves on several committees including the Governor’s Commission on Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals with Disabilities, the Cabinet Committee on State Planning Issues, the Delaware Offender Re-Entry Committee, the Delaware Interagency Council on Homelessness, and the Delaware Workforce Investment Board. Most recently, he was asked to take part in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Advisory Council which assists the Board of Directors of the Bank in identifying the housing needs of very low, low, and moderate income families and households.
 
Ben Addi earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a concentration in finance, from the National School of Management in Morocco. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from Wilmington University.
 
Term expires:  October 2012