The members of the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) appointed Kristin Faust its new executive director. Faust was selected following an extensive search and brings more than 25 years of affordable housing industry experience to the Authority, most recently serving as president of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago. As the state’s chief affordable housing official, Faust will provide leadership in state housing policy to advance IHDA’s mission of financing the creation and preservation of affordable housing throughout Illinois. She’ll assume her new role November 12, 2019.