Douglas A. Garver, Executive Director of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency

Douglas A. Garver, Executive Director of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA), oversees the lead agency for affordable housing in Ohio. OHFA offers many opportunities to help Ohio families obtain affordable, quality housing. The Agency administers a wide range of programs that offer assistance to first-time homebuyers, renters, senior citizens, single parents and other populations with special needs who otherwise might not be able to afford quality housing. Mr. Garver currently serves on the boards of the National Council of State Housing Agencies and the Ohio Statewide Development Corporation. He also is a member of the Fannie Mae National Housing Advisory Council, the Governor’s Interagency Council for Homelessness and Affordable Housing and Ohio’s Permanent Supportive Housing Policy Steering Committee. Prior to his appointment at OHFA in February 2004, Mr. Garver served five years as Assistant to the Director and Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Development. Mr. Garver received a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio with a dual major in economics and business administration. He is certified as an Economic Development Professional by the National Development Council and has attained a Master of City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University.

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