Housing consultant leaves redevelopment agency, accepts housing post at TELACU.Housing consultant leaves redevelopment agency, accepts housing post at TELACU Getting named top housing honcho Honcho A slang term describing the leader or person in charge of an organization. Notes: The CEO of a company could be referred to as the honcho or "head honcho." See also: CEO, CFO, COO, Insider, Leprechaun Leader this month at the politically potent The East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. Community Union (TELACU) is Sharon Payt, 35, formerly a housing consultant to the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Community Redevelopment Agency. Taking the title of vice president of TELACU Affordable Housing Inc., Payt vows to build affordable and market-rate housing in Los Angeles. "I have long wanted to be in housing development," said Payt. "This is the perfect opportunity to do it. No place needs affordable housing more." TELACU, based in East Los Angeles, has two apartments with 150 units for senior citizens already built, and five low-income or senior apartment projects underway, with a total of 340 units, said Payt. A Hollywood resident, Payt will also be looking to build market-rate housing and single-family housing. "We are buying up scattered sites throughout Los Angeles," she said. "We are in-filling, rather than building farther and farther out farther out Of or relating to an option contract with a later expiration date than a contract that is currently owned or being considered. For example, a contract with a May expiration date is farther out than a contract with a February expiration date of ." Payt, who was raised in Ohio and who has a law degree from Capital University in Columbus, has previous experience as a construction industry litigator lit·i·gate v. lit·i·gat·ed, lit·i·gat·ing, lit·i·gates v.tr. To contest in legal proceedings. v.intr. To engage in legal proceedings. and as a thrift loan officer. She termed her lawyer days "pedantic pe·dan·tic adj. Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details. ," and added, "It is nice to be doing something now, not just litigating." TELACU, which has more than 500 employees, also operates a 56-acre industrial park, an 18-van transportation system for the elderly and disabled, the Community Thrift & Loan (a thrift), and Tamayo, a restaurant in East Los Angeles. The organization is headed by David Lizarraga, president. PHOTO : Payt: Vows to build market-rate housing |
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