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Council interviews nominees for Housing Opportunities Commission; candidates stress production, preservation and resident services
Summary
The County Council interviewed four nominees for the Housing Opportunities Commission — Jonathan Miller, Roy Priest (incumbent chair), Azola Shaw and Paul Weech — who emphasized expanding the housing production fund, improving property management and resident services, and integrating housing with economic development and workforce supports.
The Montgomery County Council conducted interviews on Jan. 21 for four nominees to the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC): Jonathan Miller, Roy Priest, Azola Shaw and Paul Weech.
Each nominee spoke to experience and priorities. Jonathan Miller described a 37‑year federal housing career and said affordable housing is foundational to outcomes in education, health and employment. Roy Priest, the incumbent HOC chair and a long‑time housing executive, emphasized accelerating production and preservation, reducing entitlement and soft‑cost delays in development, addressing pandemic‑era rent shortfalls, and strengthening resident services and staff capacity.…
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