 INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority
(IHCDA) announced today the promotion of Matt Rayburn to Deputy
Executive Director. Rayburn, who joined the agency in 2008, will
continue his role as Chief Real Estate Development Officer and assume
additional responsibilities as Deputy Executive Director.
“We
are fortunate to have a person of Matt's caliber that can shoulder
broader leadership responsibilities,” said IHCDA Executive Director
Jacob Sipe. “Matt has done an excellent job of leading the Real Estate
Department and I am excited to see what he will bring in his expanded
role.”
As Deputy Executive Director, Matt will focus
on both the development and attainment of strategic objectives to ensure
the fulfillment of the agency's mission of providing housing opportunities, promoting self-sufficiency
and strengthening communities.
In
his role as Chief Real Estate Development Officer Matt oversees the
policies, procedures and personnel of IHCDA's Real Estate Department to
ensure that resources are used in a manner that accomplishes agency
priorities and complies with Federal and State regulations.
This includes oversight of the Section 42 Low-income Housing Tax Credit, HOME, CDBG, NSP and Affordable Housing and Community Development Fund.
In addition to these responsibilities, Matt is also the lead for
IHCDA's disaster recovery efforts and serves on inter-agency disaster
recovery planning committees for the state.
Matt is active on a number of advisory boards and authors a quarterly compliance article in AHAIN's Affordable Housing News publication. He has earned the HCCP, TCS, SCS,
NCP-E, C6P, and TaCCs industry certifications and holds a B.A. in
Political Science from Hanover College.
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The Indiana
Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA), chaired by Lt.
Governor Ellspermann, provides housing opportunities, promotes self-sufficiency
and strengthens communities in order to build an Indiana with a sustainable
quality of life for all Hoosiers in the community of their choice. For more
information, visit www.ihcda.in.gov or www.in.gov/myihcda.
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