Housing Development Corporation MidAtlantic President Michael R. Carper announced that the nonprofit will name James Peffley its 2015 Housing Advocate of the Year.
“We have honored housing advocates for many years, all of them in Pennsylvania,” said Mike Carper, HDC’s president and CEO. “This is the first time we have honored someone from another state, and I am pleased that HDC can work with someone of Jim’s caliber in Delaware to advance the cause of affordable housing.”
Peffley is President & CEO of the Delaware Community Investment Corporation (DCIC) and executive vice president of Great Lakes Capital Fund (GLCF). He also spent more than a decade with the Delaware State Housing Authority as a senior manager working in the areas of single family and multifamily finance, and has extensive lending, credit, compliance and asset management experience. Peffley has advised many nonprofit organizations and currently serves on the boards of the Delaware Housing Coalition and the National Association of State and Local Equity Funds.