Obama appoints architect to head US housing department

By Anna Winston

US president-elect Barack Obama has appointed an architect, Shaun Donovan, to the post of secretary of housing and urban development in his incoming administration.

Donovan, who has a degree in architecture from Harvard, has a background in affordable housing, and has been head of New York’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development since 2004.

“His background as an architect, his support for well designed housing, and his record in promoting energy efficiency and sustainable development show that he is committed not only to building but to building better.”

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