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Ellen M. Bozman Affordable Housing Award
Photo by Terry Belt
The Ellen M. Bozman Affordable Housing Award is given annually to an individual or organization who has significantly advanced efforts to increase the supply of and/or to improve the quality of affordable housing in Arlington through leadership, innovation, and effectiveness over time.
The award honors the late Ellen M. Bozman, long-time Arlington County Board member and leader on affordable housing issues. She was a co-founder of the Alliance for Housing Solutions and a member of its Board of Directors. See highlights of her life of public service in the video above and read a profile about her from Arlington County’s “Women’s Work” historical collection.
Award Recipients
2022 Michelle Krocker
2021 Mary Margaret Whipple, Julio Basurto, Nina Janopaul
2020 Arlington Thrive and the Church at Work
2019 Shared Prosperity Initiative
2018 Jay Fisette, Retired Arlington County Board member
2017 Partners in Preservation: APAH, A-SPAN, and the Westover Village Civic Association
2016 It Takes a Working Group: Mary Hughes Hynes, Marsha Allgeier, and the 18-member Affordable Housing Study Working Group
2015 Foundations: J. Walter Tejada and the Virginia Housing Development Authority
2014 Housing [S]heroes
2013 Citizen3 Power: The Silverwood Companies, Douglas Park Civic Association, and Ken Aughenbaugh
2012 Faith | Vision | Action: Jerry Morris, Michael Foster, and the Church at Clarendon with Dr. Leonard Hamlin, Sr., and the Macedonia Baptist Church
2011 Charlie Rinker
2010 Father Gerard Creedon
2009 AHC Inc. Resident Services