MAYOR APPOINTS

RAENETTE GEE AS HOUSING ASSISTANT

         Mayor Mufi Hannemann today announced that he has named Raenette S. Gee as his administration’s executive assistant on housing.

         Mayor Hannemann said, “I’m very pleased that Rae Gee is joining the Hannemann administration to lend her leadership and experience to our housing activities.  While the City no longer has a housing department and has no plans to reestablish itself as a developer, we still own a dozen affordable housing properties and the City continues to actively support the development of housing through federal grants and rental subsidies, planning and zoning, permitting, and infrastructure projects.

         “We’ll look to Rae to help coordinate the City’s involvement in all aspects of affordable housing management and development, as well as help in our planning for the transit-oriented development that will accompany the construction of our mass transit system.”

         Gee’s served as a planner with the City’s Department of Housing during the previous administration and was a researcher with the Hawaii Real Estate Center.  Her City service has included serving as a planner with the Managing Director, Department of Transportation Services, Honolulu Police Department, Department of Parks and Recreation, and Department of Community Services.

         Gee is a graduate of the University of Hawaii.

-30-

Contact:

Bill Brennan, 527-6928