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 Alvin Bonnett joined EAH Housing in March of 1990, following seventeen years as a housing finance and development consultant. As Senior Vice President, he currently oversees all housing development and finance activities for EAH.
Mr. Bonnett has specialized in the production of affordable housing throughout his business career. His experience extends over numerous properties developed in the western U.S. with financing under federal, state and private funding programs. Since joining EAH, the company has greatly expanded its development and acquisition of affordable housing in northern and central California and Hawaii.
During the two and one-half years prior to joining EAH, Mr. Bonnett provided project and investment underwriting services for the California Equity Fund. CEF, as a subsidiary of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, provides a tax-credit syndication fund for low-income housing projects built in California. CEF is an affiliate of the National Equity Fund.
From 1973 through 1989, Mr. Bonnett conducted business through a professional consulting corporation to provide housing development services to nonprofit corporations for the production of housing affordable to lower-income families and individuals.
Throughout his business career, Mr. Bonnett has volunteered his services to many housing advocacy groups, civic organizations and to several State and Federal agencies including the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the National Cooperative Bank. He has also served as a legislative advisor on cooperative housing law in California and Hawaii. He has lectured on housing design and finance in the Department of Architecture at the University of California in Berkeley.
Prior to starting business as a housing consultant in 1973, Mr. Bonnett held the position of Western Regional Manager for FCH Services, Inc., the real estate development subsidiary of the Cooperative Housing Foundation. His responsibilities included general management of the regional office and its staff working in housing production and property management in six western states.
From 1967 to 1969, Mr. Bonnett served as an Associate Planner with the Oakland Redevelopment Agency. His work included the planning, coordination and development of subsidized housing proposed for the redevelopment areas of the City of Oakland.
Mr. Bonnett was awarded the Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning in 1967 by the University of California at Berkeley, following the completion of studies in housing and urban renewal. He also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, graduating with departmental honors and Phi Beta Kappa accreditation from the University of California at Berkeley.
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