Dirrane is the longest-serving Board Member in MassHousing’s 50-year history, has overseen Agency’s tremendous success in providing affordable housing for residents of Massachusetts
Governor Charlie Baker Reappointed Michael J. Dirrane as Chairman of the MassHousing Board of Directors. Dirrane is the longest-serving Board Member in the Agency’s 50-year history and at the completion of his new seven-year term will have served for 30 years, 21 of which will have been as Chairman. Dirrane leads the nine-member Board that governs MassHousing, which has provided more than $20 billion for affordable housing over five decades.
Dirrane and the other Board Members of MassHousing are all unpaid volunteers and are appointed by the Governor. A South Boston native, Dirrane has served on the governing body for nearly half of the time MassHousing has been in existence. He was first named to the Board in 1993.
