Hal Keller, Treasurer

President, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing

Mr. Keller has been with Ohio Capital Corporation since its inception; first as Director of Development and then as President since 1993. Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing is an independent, non-profit corporation created by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency in 1989. Hal oversees all corporate policy and fiscal affairs, including securing corporate investors for Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity funds and coordinating efforts to develop housing projects receiving equity investment from the Ohio Equity Funds. To date, Ohio Capital Corporation has raised more than $1.4 billion in corporate equity for LIHTC projects involving more than 350 transactions and 18,000 units of affordable housing. OCCH also provides services on a range of affordable housing issues to state and local governments, financial institutions, public housing authorities, as well as local non-profit and for-profit developers. Hal has been involved in affordable housing for over 30 years as a consultant to state and local government, an administrator of state and local housing programs, and as a neighborhood organizer and tenant advocate. He holds a Master of Arts degree in both Public Administration and Social Work from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Social Science from Case Western Reserve University.

Mr. Keller serves on the boards of a variety of organizations including the Columbus/Franklin County Affordable Housing Trust Fund Corporation, Community Shelter Board, YMCA of Central Ohio, Ohio Housing Council, National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, National Housing Conference and the National Association of State and Local Equity Funds.

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