About Matt Schwartz, President & CEO

As President & CEO of the California Housing Partnership, Matt Schwartz plays a leadership role in shaping state and federal legislation and regulations to expand the resources to preserve and create affordable housing for the state’s lowest-income residents. Matt has worked in the development, preservation, planning, and financing of affordable housing for more than 30 years in both the private and public sectors including eight years with MidPen Housing, five years with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and 20 years leading the California Housing Partnership. Matt was appointed to the San Francisco Housing Authority Commission by Mayors Newsom and Lee, is a past President of the Board of Housing California and a past member of the Board of the Non-Profit Housing (NPH) Association of Northern California.