Jessica Perry

Jessica Perry is the Director of Development for the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA). At PHFA she manages multifamily development functions related to both the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program and PHFA’s loan resources. Prior to PHFA, Jessica spent 20 years working for the City of Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority in various housing development roles including serving as the Director of the Residential Lending Department as well as Director of the Housing Opportunity Fund, Pittsburgh’s first local housing trust fund. In those roles, Jessica created and administered both Single-Family and Multi-family programs and managed Federal funding sources such as HOME and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG).

Jessica holds a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University with a concentration in Urban Economic Development and a Bachelor of Science Degree with a dual major in Business Administration and Religion from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. She also serves as an adjunct professor of Affordable Housing Policy and Finance at Carnegie Mellon University.

AC25 Session: Driving Lower-Cost Development

HCC25 Session: Maximizing the Impact of State Tax Credits

HFAi25 Session: Maximizing the Impact of Tax-Exempt Bond Financing