For Lizbeth, ensuring everyone has a safe, affordable home is her life’s work. She has more than 35 years of nonprofit and public sector experience in affordable housing development, planning, policy, and advocacy. Since joining us in 2014, Lizbeth has led our growth and innovation initiatives, developing and modernizing more than 1,000 subsidized apartments; launching Opus, our new middle-market product; and integrating healthcare programs and financing with 2Life’s housing strategy.
 
Prior to joining 2Life, Lizbeth served as Associate Director of Public Housing and Rental Assistance for the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. There, she led initiatives to preserve and reform the state’s public housing system, expand the state’s rental voucher program, and create the HomeBASE program that provided housing for more than 6,000 homeless families. Early in her career, Lizbeth worked as a community organizer leading local, state, and national efforts to preserve expiring-use subsidized housing. She has a master’s degree in urban planning from MIT and she serves as the Chair of the Newton Housing Partnership and as a member of the Policy and Leadership Council for the Citizens Housing and Planning Association.,

“I am defiantly joyous in my efforts to ensure that everyone enjoys their right to housing they can afford. I take joy in planting things and helping them grow.”