About

Cinnamon Crake
President

Ms. Crake has been preparing environmental compliance documents under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) since 2006. Ms. Crake completes about 40 NEPA Environmental Assessments per year for new construction projects that result in over 1,500 new affordable housing units in California each year. Prior to coming to the affordable housing industry, Ms. Crake spent 15 years in banking, and many years in the Information Technology field, working in the pharmaceutical research and financial services industry.

Ms. Crake holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management (SSU, 1991) and an Associates of Science degree in Information Technology (Empire College, 2010), as well as CompTIA industry certifications.

About NEPA

NEPA, or the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, was enacted to require federal agencies to consider the environmental effects of their policies and projects. Each federal agency has their own implementation of NEPA that guides assessment of effects of their actions in ways that make sense for their agency.

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD, implements NEPA with their regulations found at 24 CFR Part 58 . HUD’s NEPA regulation govern how projects funded by federal taxpayer money must comply with 39 executive orders, statutes, regulations, related laws and authorities, and development factors. HUD standards ensure that money is spent on projects that do not have adverse effects on low-income and minority populations, in building affordable housing and other urban investments.