Boston Housing Authority
Linqian Zhao is a seasoned accounting professional with extensive experience in various roles. Currently, Linqian serves as a Senior Accountant at the Boston Housing Authority since May 2012. Prior to this, Linqian worked as a Master Tax Advisor for H&R Block during the tax seasons from November 2007 to November 2015 and held the position of Accountant at Beacon Press from November 2008 to May 2012. Earlier career roles include Accounting Assistant at Harvard Medical School and Research Assistant at the Harvard School of Public Health from 2002 to 2007. Educational qualifications include a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Northeastern University, along with Master’s level coursework in Accounting and Business/Management from Harvard Extension School. Linqian also holds a Master’s degree in Insurance and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Nankai University.
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Boston Housing Authority
Boston Housing Authority (BHA) provides affordable housing to more than 58,000 residents in and around the City of Boston. Residents are assisted through a combination of public housing and federal and state voucher subsidy programs that provide a wide variety of housing opportunities. As the largest public housing authority in New England, the BHA houses close to 9 percent of the city's residents. Our mission is to provide stable, quality affordable housing for low and moderate income persons; to deliver these services with integrity and mutual accountability; and to create living environments which serve as catalysts for the transformation from dependency to economic self-sufficiency. In total, BHA currently owns and/or oversees approximately 12,623 rental units of public housing in Boston and houses more than 25,000 people under the public housing program. BHA owns 63 housing developments. Of the 63 developments, 36 are designated as elderly/disabled developments and 27 are designated as family developments. Three of the 27 family developments have elderly/disabled housing on site and one of the elderly developments has designated units for families. In addition to housing developments, BHA administers approximately 11,469 rental assistance vouchers, otherwise known as Tenant-Based Section 8 vouchers, that allow families to rent in the private market and apply a subsidy to their rent. A similar state program assists an additional 700 households. With this assistance, residents are able to pay approximately 30-40 percent of their income toward rent and BHA pays the remainder. BHA helps provide housing to approximately 29,000 people under these programs. In addition, BHA provides subsidy to more than 2,100 households under its Section 8 Project-Based Voucher and Moderate Rehabilitation programs as well.