cris white recognized with lifetime achievement award

Left to right is: Alan Jaffe, Cris White, Terry Smith Congratulations to Cris White, CHFA Executive Director and CEO! Cris has received the 2023 Smith’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Affordable Housing Finance from the Smith 2023 Affordable Housing Finance Conference Committee.

“Mr. White has worked tirelessly over the past three decades to advance the public purpose of assisting first-time homebuyers and working families to access affordable housing. His work has advanced the efficiency of single family and multifamily financing. He has created public good, in the form of economic diversity and community-based housing stability,” said Terence Smith, Smith’s Research & Gradings CEO.