Mayor Ted Wheeler has selected Shannon Callahan as the permanent Portland Housing Bureau director, he announced Friday.

Wheeler said he has full faith in Callahan, who has been running the bureau as its interim director since 2017, after Wheeler removed Kurt Creager as director. Callahan was previously a longtime aide to Commissioner Dan Saltzman.

The mayor praised the bureau's productivity under Callahan, saying it has never run better. He highlighted its work spending Portland housing bond funds, implementing new renter protection programs and constructing affordable housing projects. She is a lawyer who specialized in consumer protection legislation and landlord/tenant law prior to working for the city.

"The case is clear," Wheeler said of Callahan. "She gets results."

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