Kent W. Colton

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Kent W. Colton

Kent W. Colton (born November 21, 1943) is a housing scholar, author, teacher, and researcher in the field of mortgage finance and housing policy.

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Colton is president of The Colton Housing Group, a housing research and consulting company engaged in a range of activities related to housing affordability and housing finance. Kent Colton is the Chair of the Ivory Prize Advisory Board [1] for Ivory Innovations at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, and the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability. [2] [3] Colton is a Senior Industry Advisor for the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. [4]

Education

Kent Colton is a 1967 graduate of Utah State University. He received an M.P.A. from Syracuse University in 1967 and a Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning from MIT in 1973. [5] In 1974, he was chosen as a White House Fellow [6] and served as a special assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury. [7]

Career

Colton served as an assistant and associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Urban Studies and Planning from 1972 to1978, and as an Associate at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of MIT and Harvard University during much of this period. Colton was a professor of public management and finance at Brigham Young University's Graduate School of Management from 1978 to 1981. [8]

In June 1981, Colton was appointed staff director of the President’s Commission on Housing. Ten months later, the Commission sent its 275-page report to President Ronald Reagan with more than 100 major policy recommendations on housing and the nation’s housing finance system. [9]

Colton worked at Freddie Mac as Executive Vice President for Policy, Planning, and Economic Research from 1982 to 1984. [10] [ citation needed ][ citation needed ][ promotion? ]

From 1984 to 1999, Colton was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). [11] During his tenure as CEO, NAHB grew from a membership of 125,000 in 1984 to 197,000 at the end of 1998. Colton was responsible for managing a staff of 342 in 1998 and overseeing an annual budget of $52 million in Fiscal Year 1999. He implemented a wide range of new programs and was also responsible for dealing with numerous major business and policy challenges facing the housing industry. [12] [ citation needed ][ promotion? ]

Colton was also a member of the Millennial Housing Commission which was established by the US Congress and reported to Congress on May 30, 2022. [13]

Colton is president of The Colton Housing Group, and works with Ivory Innovations at the University of Utah, [1] and with the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. [4] He has accumulated over 40 years of experience. Former HUD Secretary, Henry Cisneros said "Over the decade of a distinguished career in the housing field – in academic research and housing advocacy, in designing public policy and supporting private sector production – Colton has developed helpful prescriptives concerning the substance and the pathways of housing policy. More importantly for our nation’s future, he is able to look ahead and establish guideposts for prospective housing initiatives." [14]

Chairs/boards

Colton currently serves on the board of the National Housing Endowment; [15] and as the Chair of the Ivory Prize Advisory Board for Ivory Innovations at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. [1] He is also a member of the National Advisory Council of the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. [16]

Kent Colton served as the Chairman and member of the Board of the National Building Museum [17] and as Chairman of the Center for Housing Policy, National Housing Conference, Washington, DC. [18] He also served on the board of Southern Virginia University. [19]

He was a member of the Board of Apple REIT, a public company, and Apple REIT Seven, Apple REIT Eight, and Apple REIT Ten (private real estate investment trusts headquartered in Richmond, Virginia). He was also a member of the Board of Kimball Hill Homes.

Volunteer service

Colton served with his wife Kathryn as the president of the Washington DC Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2014 to 2018. [20] He also served a three-year assignment with his wife as mission leaders for the Florida Tampa Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2007 to 2010). [21]

Published works

Colton has written numerous articles and books on housing policy, housing affordability, and housing finance.

Books

Articles and working papers

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  3. ↑ "The Ivory Prize and Innovations in Affordable Housing". Nan McKay Connects. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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