Senator Torrey Westrom [R-Elbow Lake], Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Rural Development and Housing Finance Committee, released the following statement in response to Governor-elect Walz naming Jennifer Ho as his appointee to serve as Commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA):

“I send my thanks to outgoing MHFA Commissioner, Mary Tingerthal, for her service to the state as commissioner for the last 8 years. With her departure, we will conduct our review of Governor-elect Walz’s commissioner appointee, Jennifer Ho. As Chair of the Senate Agriculture, Rural Development and Housing Finance Committee, I look forward to working together on veterans housing, innovative workforce housing solutions, and holding down the cost per unit of affordable housing through commonsense reforms and reducing unnecessary regulations.”

Senator Torrey Westrom, R-Elbow Lake, is a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 12 in West Central Minnesota. He serves as the Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Housing Finance Committee.