As an Affordable Housing Executive, Mr. Martinez has dedicated his professional career to ensuring that underserved communities have access to quality affordable housing and appropriate supportive services in Boyle Heights, East LA, and throughout the City and County of Los Angeles. Mr. Martinez has seen how developing affordable housing in these communities is not only a great tool for revitalizing the built environment, but also the human spirit, which in turn inspires people in these communities to participate in civic and social engagement.
Mr. Martinez began his affordable housing career in 1999, and has developed many affordable housing projects throughout the City of Los Angeles and in Unincorporated East Los Angeles (ELACC). While at ELACC, Mr. Martinez was the Vice President of Real Estate and Asset Management, where he led a team that included the Real Estate, the Asset Management, and the Property Management Departments. The Real Estate Department developed a variety of project types including single family subdivisions (for-sale), acquisition/rehab of single family homes (moderate income for-sale), permanent supportive housing, senior, veteran and large family affordable rental housing projects, and utilized every local, state, and federal program imaginable. In his 10-year tenure at ELACC, Mr. Martinez developed over $250MM in affordable housing projects and an additional $400MM+ in projects in pre-development
