G. Allan Kingston, who serves as the current co-chair, along with Henry Cisneros, of the City of Los Angeles’ Housing Bond campaign, was named one of the twelve most influential people in housing in 2004 by Multi-Housing News, is President/CEO of Century Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing lender based in Los Angeles. Century’s real estate financing and development programs have added more than 12,000 units of affordable housing in 220 developments, located in 72 communities, throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area. They have brought to reality Century’s theme: “More Than Shelter®.”

Acting as an intermediary to local community organizations, and nonprofit and for-profit developers, affordable housing developments financed by Century include funding of innovative inner city developments which feature More Than Shelter®, combining housing with after-school, tutoring/college prep programs, academic counseling; transitional housing for homeless veterans; child care, energy efficient homes; pre-apprenticeship training; HIV and substance abuse counseling; training programs for Women in nontraditional jobs; health and wellness programs for seniors; and other socially responsive programs.

As well as being a Member of the Century Board of Directors, Mr. Kingston also concluded his three-year term as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Housing Conference in June 2006, and serves as a Board Member of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, the National Housing Development Corporation, the Center for Housing Policy, Shelter Partnership of Los Angeles, The Campaign for Affordable Housing, L.A. Family Housing, and he is the former Chairman of the California Housing Consortium, and a Member of the Affordable Housing Council of the Urban Land Institute. He has chaired the Los Angeles Mayoral Housing Summit for the past three years, and this year served as Co-Chair. He is the President of Century/Learning Initiatives for Today, and has also previously served on the Board of Directors of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and Housing California.

Under Mr. Kingston’s leadership, Century Housing received the “Corporation of the Year” Award in 2006 from the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa presented him with the 2006 Getty House Foundation Helen Bernstein Award, in recognition of his work in providing educational opportunities to at-risk youth. The Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing named Mr. Kingston 2002 Advocate of the Year for his work in the success of Proposition 46, the $1.2 billion bond issue for affordable housing. Mr. Kingston was also honored by the Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women as co-recipient of the 2002 Sister Julia Mary Award, along with Century Board Member Steve McDonald and his wife, Judy.

Also in 2002, Mr. Kingston received L.A. Family Housing’s 2002 Family Housing Legacy Award. In 2001, Mr. Kingston was named the initial recipient of the Founder’s Award by the Hope Through Housing Foundation (affiliated with the Southern California Housing Development Corporation, one of the largest nonprofit providers of affordable housing in the state) for his “…tremendous contributions and role as a leader in the housing and nonprofit industry.” His guidance is responsible for Century Housing being selected as an EPIC Award Winner (Exemplary Public Interest Contribution) by the U.S. Department of Labor for Century’s “… many outstanding programs that provide quality housing paired with on site valuable social services. The attitude of ‘affordable housing communities need more than shelter’ can be seen in Century’s programs for its working-class families.”

Prior to joining Century, Mr. Kingston directed the private real estate development activities and projects of large corporations for several years, and was a partner in several commercial real estate and residential projects in California, Hawaii, and the Midwest. He managed large-scale residential and commercial projects for, among others, Tecon Realty Corporation, Le Meridian Hotel (Coronado), Oceanic Properties (Castle and Cook), The Hawaiiana Company, Centre Properties, and University Development, Inc.

His focus on urban issues began with government organizations: he served as Executive Director of the Fresno Redevelopment Agency, as Deputy Director of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency, and with U.S. HUD and HHFA its predecessor agency.

Allan and his wife Patti, have four children, all grown. They reside in Culver City.