Cintrón Vega is now
responsible for overseeing all aspects of the agency’s
operations including 2,633 public housing units; 4,657
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) allocated units; 322 Low-Income
Housing Tax Credit units; 198 Market Rate units and 107
Homeownership Properties.
Over the span of 20 years,
Cintrón Vega has established a distinguished career with
professional experience that includes, but is not limited
to, the management of federal housing assistance programs
and policy development. Immediately prior to joining LMHA,
he was the Director of Public Housing for the nation’s
seventh largest housing authority—the Miami-Dade County
Public Housing and Community Development Department. There,
he was responsible for overseeing all operational aspects
for more than one hundred properties and directing public
policy, federal programs, and regulations research for
public housing and urban development programs.
Cintrón Vega holds a
bachelor’s degree, with a concentration in Accounting, from
the Inter American University of Puerto Rico and has an
extensive finance background. He served under the Puerto
Rico Public Housing Administration (second largest public
housing authority in the nation) as the head of the Budget
Bureau successfully managing yearly budgets over
$400,000,000.
He was responsible for
overseeing many different federal programs and was also a
key partner in one of the largest low-income housing tax
credits transactions in the nation for the rehabilitation of
4,132 units across 33 properties located in Puerto Rico.
Joaquin Cintrón Vega was
born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and claims Barranquitas,
Puerto Rico, as his hometown. He is married with two sons,
and he and his wife are expecting a baby girl.
Established in 1933, Lucas
Metropolitan Housing Authority (LMHA) continues to provide
affordable housing to adults, seniors and children in its
Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher, Mixed-Income and
Market Rate housing units. LMHA also provides a myriad of
programs and opportunities designed to improve the total
quality of life for its residents, with the ultimate goal of
achieving self-sufficiency.
The programs and services
are the results of successful collaborations with numerous
community partners. The current housing portfolio consists
of 2,633 Public Housing units; 4,657 Housing Choice
Vouchers; 322 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit units; 198
Market Rate units and 107 Homeownership Properties. There
are approximately 17,500 people who reside in LMHA
properties. Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority partners
with all people and organizations willing to exchange ideas
and efforts to enhance Toledo, Lucas County and the world.
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