Ralph Perrey

Ralph Perrey is the Executive Director of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency. Appointed in 2012 following nine years’ service on THDA’s Board of Directors, he is now the longest serving Executive Director in the agency’s history. His tenure as THDA’s Executive Director has seen the agency revamp its mortgage products and down payment assistance program; establish its own loan servicing division; significantly increase support for affordable housing development; and base THDA staff regionally to better interact with partners across the state. Perrey is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Housing Conference, the nation’s oldest housing advocacy organization. He is also immediate past Board Chairman of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) and serves on the bipartisan National Housing Crisis Task Force.