Kristin Faust writes: “Since 2019, I have been in public service as the executive director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA), the state’s housing finance agency. I was named Woman of the Year by the Illinois Women’s Affordable Housing Network. My passion for affordable housing for all continues. I was sorry to miss our reunion. I made plans to be there but I have to blame my absence on DOGE: a work trip to France to study affordable housing originally scheduled for February was reinstated over that weekend. It was interesting to compare the housing system in France, where housing is a right, to that in the U.S., where housing is not a right. Despite missing the reunion, I was fortunate to see classmate Eric Schnurer in August and I stay in touch with my freshman roommate Leila Afzal, who shared her online yoga teacher with me during Covid, for which I’m very grateful. The Brown connection also continues in that fortunately Fred Cooper ’79 invites me to his real estate panels.”
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