Governor Kate Brown appointed Andrea Bell as the director of Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), effective April 1. In this role, Bell will lead the agency responsible for state housing support, financing and coordination across the housing continuum.
Director Bell began serving as acting director in February when OHCS’s former executive director was appointed by the Biden administration to be the HUD regional administrator for Region 10. Bell joined OHCS in April 2019 as the assistant director of homeless services and became director of housing stabilization in 2020 where she led the implementation of a wide range of homeless services, energy and weatherization assistance, rental assistance programs and policy initiatives.
