AHA director Glover on Obama’s short list for cabinet post
December 2, 2008 at 3:52 pm by Mara Shalhoup in NewsRenee Glover, who has overseen the transformation of Atlanta’s public housing complexes into mixed-use communities, is on President-elect Barack Obama’s short list for a cabinet position.
Along with New York City’s housing commissioner and Miami’s mayor, among others, Atlanta Housing Authority Executive Director Glover is being considered for secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Glover has won nationwide acclaim — and some criticism — for using HUD’s HOPE VI program to tear down public housing and replace it with communities that reduce crime and improve neighborhoods. The improvements to the lives of the former residents, however, have been questioned.
Here are the contenders for HUD secretary:
- Miami Mayor Manny Diaz.
- Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.
- Renee Glover, head of Atlanta’s housing authority
- Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
- Shaun Donovan, commissioner of New York City’s housing department.
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