About Mukhtar Latif
As Chief Housing Officer, Mukhtar is responsible for developing and implementing housing strategies and policies to enable more housing affordability within the City of Vancouver. Working with developers, not-for-profits, provincial and federal agencies to meet housing needs and help implement the recommendations of the Mayor's Task Force in providing an array of housing types. Mukhtar is also the Chief Executive of the newly formed Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency which has been tasked to develop 2,500 new affordable homes by 2021.