Kingston Named NHC Chair

Affordable housing veteran G. Allan Kingston has been named the new chairman of the National Housing Conference, Washington.The first NHC chairman from California, he also is president and chief executive officer of Century Housing Corporation in Los Angeles where to date he has directed real estate financing and development programs adding over 11,000 units of affordable housing in 120 developments across the city's metropolitan area. Mr. Kingston takes the reins from J. Michael Pitchford of Bank of America who now is the immediate past chairman after serving as chairman for three years. Among other things, Mr. Kingston is praised for initiating "More Than Shelter," a funding option for inner city developments that combines housing with after-school, tutoring/college prep programs, transitional housing for homeless veterans, child care, and other services.