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Housing Affordability Issue Prompts City Council Run in Albuquerque
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Katherine Martinez | Katherine Martinez, 34, director of government and community affairs for the Home Builders Association of Central New Mexico, is running in the District 2 City Council race against incumbent City Council President Debbie O'Malley. Martinez has received the endorsement of Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez.
Currently, Martinez resides in the Vista Del Norte neighborhood in the North Valley, and serves on such entities as ARCA, the City of Albuquerque Affordable Housing Subcommittee and the city's Green Ribbon Task Force, which promotes the Albuquerque Green initiative.
Her experience at the home builders association has proved to be an invaluable asset in understanding and being an advocate on one the city’s top issues — housing affordability.
“In my tenure at CNMHBA I have learned the importance of carefully reviewing local legislation to help protect housing affordability for all home buyers,” Martinez says. “Unfortunately, this is not something the current council considers in Albuquerque and has played a big part in my throwing my hat in for city councilor. It’s time our local governing body stops being so divisive and exclusionary to the building and business community and works collaboratively with the people that possess the resources and expertise to help our city grow the right way.”
 Martinez graduated summa cum laude from Richmond College, the American International University in London, with a BA in international relations. Her interest in international relations stems from a childhood spent in Saudi Arabia.
Martinez assumed her position as government affairs liaison with the HBA of CNM in February 2006. She manages government affairs and community education in an effort to maintain a more proactive role for the association within the regional governments and the surrounding communities.
Oct. 2 is election day.
For more information about the campaign, click here.
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