Santa Clara County Housing Authority
Samantha Belew, MBA, currently serves as a Government Accountant at the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara, a position held since February 2017. Prior to this role, Samantha was a Senior Accountant at Stanford Children's Health, managing significant cash and investment accounts with an annual budget of half a billion dollars. Samantha's extensive experience includes serving as Accounting Manager at ThinSilicon Corp. Inc., maintaining general ledger accounts and ensuring GAAP compliance, as well as teaching business and merchandise management courses as an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Phoenix. Additional roles include Senior Accountant/Office Manager at Keller Williams Realty and Project Accountant at Arnell Enterprises, Inc. Samantha holds an MBA in Operations Management from California State University - East Bay and a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion/Apparel Design from Donghua University.
Santa Clara County Housing Authority
The Santa Clara County Housing Authority (SCCHA) provides rental assistance to approximately 20,000 low-income households across Santa Clara County annually through the Housing Choice Voucher program. Furthermore, SCCHA also develops, owns, and manages over 2,900 affordable housing units - with close to 1,000 units in our current development pipeline. A key partner in the community’s effort to end homelessness, SCCHA provides rental assistance for over 2,700 formerly unhoused individuals and families. As part of HUD’s ”Move to Work,” SCCHA programs and properties are targeted to assist low-income households while helping residents become self-sufficient. The vast majority—more than 80%—of our households are extremely low-income families, seniors, veterans, persons with disabilities, and the formerly unhoused. Working together with landlords, housing developers, non-profits, and local governments, we strive to provide quality affordable housing and supportive services to as many individuals and families throughout Santa Clara County.