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Paul Roldan is a community developer active in the revitalization of low-income neighborhoods.
He is president of the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation (HHDC), a nonprofit, citywide, community organization in Chicago that develops affordable, quality housing for low- and moderate-income families within predominantly Latino communities. Under Roldan’s leadership, HHDC has become one of the largest, multipurpose, community development organizations in the country, giving voice and power to residents who want to restore order and improve housing and education. He also helped establish HHDC as a base for neighborhood entrepreneurship by creating a department that encourages and supports the formation of new, small businesses in Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods.
Biography
Roldan has overseen the development of more than 3,400 apartments and townhouses for families and elderly residents of several Hispanic communities in Chicago. He has inaugurated a scholarship fund to help young Hispanics learn about and begin careers in the community development field and, in 1993, he also established the Tropic Construction Corporation, a subsidiary, for-profit general contractor.
Roldan received a B.A. (1974) from St. Francis College, Brooklyn, and an M.A. (1976) from Long Island University.
Last updated January 1, 2005.
Published on August 1, 1988
