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SB: Keynote
Keynote Address
Ben Metcalf
Director
California State Department of Housing and Community Development
Ben Metcalf was appointed director of the California State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Feb. 29. Mr. Metcalf comes to HCD from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Washington, D.C., where he served in several positions including most recently, as an appointee of President Barack Obama in the role of deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs. In that capacity, Mr. Metcalf oversaw a portfolio of insured or assisted housing serving 2.5 million households through more than $11 billion of annual rental assistance and $75 billion of federally insured mortgages. Before HUD, Mr. Metcalf worked with BRIDGE Housing Corporation, a California-based real estate development company that focused on affordable housing and public/private partnerships. Mr. Metcalf earned a master’s degree in public policy and urban planning from the Harvard Kennedy School.