Minnesota Housing Partnership names new executive director

The Minneapolis-based Minnesota Housing Partnership has hired Anne Mavity as its new executive director.

Mavity brings 30 years of experience in affordable housing, capacity building and development to her new position. Among her varied experience, she has worked on a Congressional Subcommittee on housing and provided technical assistance and underwriting at the Corporation for Supportive Housing.

Most recently she was director of new projects at Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative, where she led development of several affordable housing projects in the Twin Cities as well as local and state advocacy efforts. While at Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative, Mavity also organized hundreds of congregational and civic leaders to attend public hearings and help secure unanimous support from the Edina City Council for the city’s first supportive housing development.