Who We Are

Melissa Maddox-Evans
Executive Director/CEO

Melissa Maddox-Evans, Esq. has over eighteen years of experience in the affordable housing industry and over thirty years in community development initiatives. She received her B.A. from Georgetown University, her law degree from the University of Georgia and is licensed to practice law in the state of South Carolina and in the District of Columbia. She served as both a Director of Housing and General Counsel for The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston and as CEO of the Charleston County Housing & Redevelopment Authority. Ms. Maddox-Evans has formed several non-profits, including The Charleston Redevelopment Corporation, an affiliate nonprofit which created The Palmetto Community Land Trust, and the Annapolis Housing and Community Redevelopment Corporation, to facilitate grant funding for resident programs and housing redevelopment in local urban communities in Charleston, SC and Annapolis, MD. Under her tenure, HACA received the 2023 Outstanding Community Revitalization Award for Wilbourn Estates by the State of Maryland.



Ms. Maddox-Evans is a national speaker on affordable housing and fair housing laws, non-profit/corporate governance and is an advocate for domestic violence victims, disability, education and social justice issues and was a featured speaker for TEDxCharleston. She helped form the Social Justice Racial Equity Collaborative which promotes racial equity and social justice policies and programs. Ms. Maddox-Evans currently lives in Annapolis, MD with her family and believes in being an active in her community and serves on several boards and commissions, including the Anne Arundel County Affordable Housing Coalition, and The Housing and Development Law Institute, Wash. D.C.

HACA HCVP Manager:

Phone: (443) 482-3043

HACA HCVP Specialist:

Phone: (443) 482-3009