Jubilee Housing names Clint Mann as its new Chair of the Board of Directors. Mann is President of Urban Pace, which provides marketing, sales, leasing, and advisory services to real estate developers. Over his 19-year career, he has managed the marketing for more than 175 communities in six states and Washington, D.C., and leverages his expertise to steer Jubilee’s work developing deeply affordable housing with supportive services in resource-rich neighborhoods.
Mann joined Jubilee’s Board of Directors in 2019 and was quickly tapped to lead development for the Justice Housing Partners Fund 2.0 that raised nearly eight million dollars in investments. This fund made it possible for Jubilee to acquire three properties totaling 165 units in Mount Pleasant that will provide high quality affordable housing for new and existing households for generations to come. Mann also supported progress on Jubilee’s development pipeline, totaling seven properties and 285 homes, many of which are family-sized residences. He helped to advance the recent groundbreaking for the EucKal Project, two properties totaling 50 units in Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights, and created a Real Estate Advisory Committee to guide the organization as it doubles its housing and services.
“As a proud resident of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, it is a great honor to serve on and now lead Jubilee Housing’s Board of Directors and to play an active role in something so important to me: preserving housing affordability in the District,” said Mann. “I am excited to step into the role of Board Chair during a critical period of growth for the organization and look forward to helping Jubilee continue its mission of providing deeply affordable housing and services in the city.”
Mann is also Vice President of the Board for the District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA); a founding Board Member of QCity; on the Advisory Board for Capital Bank; an active member of the Urban Land Institute of Washington; and a past Board Vice-Chair and current Leadership Council member for Sitar Arts Center.
Mann assumes the role of Board Chair following the successful leadership of Alex Orfinger, Market President and Publisher of the Washington Business Journal. During Orfinger’s four-year tenure, the Board foresaw narrowing opportunities to compete for affordable properties in Jubilee’s core Ward 1 neighborhoods and greenlit an ambitious plan to expand housing and services. Orfinger stewarded the creation of the inaugural Justice Housing Partners Fund, which provides quick-strike acquisition capital that enables Jubilee to compete in Ward 1’s real estate market. The fund was leveraged to purchase four properties totaling 120 units and created a successful model for the Justice Housing Partners Fund 2.0.
In addition to Mann, Jubilee welcomes three other Board Members into leadership roles:
Khulud Khudur (Vice Chair) is an Epidemiologist at the CDC Foundation, Deputy Editor at HPHR Journal, Pre-doctoral Clinical Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a Jubilee resident and youth services participant.
Samuel Buggs (Secretary) is a longtime Jubilee resident, mentor of young men, and community leader plugged into issues affecting people returning from incarceration.
Jim Gray, Jr. (Treasurer) is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy focusing on national affordable housing policy and previously managed the Center for Excellence in Affordable Housing for Capital Impact Partners.
“Jubilee is proud to have an engaged Board of Directors that brings together real estate experts, residents, and community leaders,” says Jim Knight, President and CEO of Jubilee Housing. “We look forward to welcoming Clint and this new slate of leadership as we take on one of the most challenging but worthwhile pursuits in D.C. — ensuring that people facing the greatest systemic barriers to housing can live and thrive in the District.”