Rose Cade joined the San Mateo County Department of Housing in 2015 initially as a Housing and Community Development (HCD) Specialist III and subsequently an HCD Supervisor. She currently serves as Deputy Director for the Department helping to oversee both County Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo (HACSM). As Deputy Director, Rose works closely with senior managers and supervisors to administer programs including HUD-funded rental assistance programs, CDBG, HOME, ESG as well as state and local funded programs including Measure K, the Affordable Housing Fund and more recently State of California Homekey Program, Housing for Healthy California, No Place Like Home, Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), Local Housing Trust Fund (LHTF) and Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA).
Rose has an MBA from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and has worked in the field of affordable housing in many capacities for 30 years.
