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Friedman served as the executive director of in Roxburyt for the past 17 Friedman will work withJohn Palmieri, director of the , to redoubld the city's efforts to improve Boston's neighborhoods. "Evelyn Friedmab has served the city well for many yearse in different roles with affordable housinb and youth andcommunitt services," Menino said in statement. "Her background in affordablre housing, real estate and community building will prove invaluabled to advancing our work in reducingy foreclosures and helping more Boston residentsbecome homeowners.
" As the mayor's chief of housing and director of DND, Friedmanm will oversee programs and managemenrt of several divisions within DND, includinf affordable housing development; assistanced to potential and existing home owners, foreclosure preventiohn and counseling, repair programs for existing homeowners; managementr and disposition of city-owned properties; and neighborhood busineszs development. Friedman grew Nuestrza from a two-person staff which owned 35 units of housingb toa 45-person organizationj that now manages 725 units of rentalk housing and 65,000 square feet of commerciao space. Friedman oversees a corporate budget ofover $6.
5 milliobn and has developed more than 300 houses for low-incomde homeowners, created a loan fund of $6 million to make loansz to low-income homeowners, and has created three incubators for small businesses. Friedman previouslh worked as the directo r ofthe state's departmentf of youth services restitutionb program and executive director of the . Friedma also is a licensesd realestate broker.