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Kurt Creager, former director of the Portland Housing Bureau, has been hired by BRIDGE Housing to oversee the nonprofit’s affordable housing developments in Washington state.

Creager begins immediately as executive vice president.

鈥淚 am delighted to welcome Kurt to BRIDGE,鈥� Cynthia Parker, president and CEO, stated in a news release. 鈥淗is deep experience and steadfast commitment to holistic development will strengthen our ability to create much-needed housing and opportunities for communities in Washington state.鈥�

Creager served as director of the Housing Bureau from August 2015 to December 2017. He was hired by Mayor Charlie Hales and eventually ousted by Mayor Ted Wheeler as housing officials worked to respond to the city’s declared housing emergency. Shannon Callahan succeeded Creager as Housing Bureau director.

Creager previously served as director of housing and community development for Otak, a Portland-based engineering and architecture firm. Before that, he spent 16 years as CEO of the Vancouver Housing Authority, during which time it developed 3,500 housing units.