About

Allison Hay is the Executive Director of Houston Habitat for Humanity and leads the organization’s efforts to maximize homeownership by building and repairing homes in partnership with low income citizens. Since 1987, Houston Habitat has built over 1,050 new homes and repaired countless others including, over 450 damaged by Hurricane Harvey. Houston Habitat has also engaged in other community revitalization initiatives in several Houston neighborhoods, most recently building a community garden, enhancing a local park with exercise equipment for seniors and providing aging in place home improvements for seniors, all in the Settegast area.

Under Allison’s leadership, Houston Habitat is also developing 127-acres in Northeast Houston into a mixed-income, master-planned community. Designed to support residents in all stages of life, the Robins Landing development will provide approximately 468 single family homes, 200 units of senior housing and 200 units of multifamily housing. Through collaborations with private, public and nonprofit partners, Robins Landing will also include amenities such as health-care, banking and much more.

For the past four years, Allison has chaired the Harris County Long Term Recovery Committee’s Repair/Rebuild section. She is also a member of the Houston Housing Collaborative, the Fifth Ward Redevelopment Authority and the Harris County Housing Policy Advisory Committee and serves on the board of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen.

A native of Houston, Allison earned her MBA in Finance and BBA in Marketing from the University of Houston. She has received numerous awards and accolades including recognition by AACSB as a 2018 Influential Leader.