City Councilor Kenzi Bok to lead Boston Housing Authority

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Bok’s appointment Wednesday. Bok will start at the authority in May.

Kenzie Bok, a housing and budget policy wonk serving her second term on the Boston City Council, will be the next leader of the Boston Housing Authority, assuming responsibility for an organization that serves tens of thousands of Boston’s poorest residents. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Bok’s appointment Wednesday, and Bok will start at the authority in May. The move will trigger a special election later this year for her seat on the City Council. A longtime affordable housing advocate and former senior policy advisor at the BHA, Bok returns to lead the chronically underfunded housing au

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