When she was appointed Commissioner of the State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Deborah VanAmerongen already had nearly two decades of experience working on New York's complicated housing issues.

From 1998 to 2007, she served as the Director of Multifamily Housing for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the New York City region. In this capacity, she was responsible for more than 1,300 Federally-assisted multifamily developments in and around New York City.

Prior to joining HUD, Deborah worked in the New York State Assembly as a Legislative Coordinator for the Program & Counsel staff. In that position she had jurisdiction over issues ranging from Housing to Consumer Affairs to Agriculture to Veterans Affairs.

As commissioner of DHCR, Ms. VanAmerongen also serves as chair of the Housing Trust Fund Corporation and of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the NYS Housing Finance Agency and the State of New York Mortgage Agency, the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation, Harlem Community Development Corporation and the Homeless Housing Assistance Corporation.

Ms. VanAmerongen received her B.S. from Utica College of Syracuse University and her M.A. of Public Administration from Rockefeller College of the State University of New York at Albany.

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Last updated on 11/30/07

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