Alfonso Costa

Biografía: Alfonso Costa Jr. serves as Executive Vice President of Falcone Residential (Falcone Group LLC). Within his role, Mr. Costa is responsible for leading Falcone Residential’s workforce and affordable housing platform, as well as the firm’s Opportunity Zones strategy. Alfonso Costa Jr. most recently served as Deputy Chief of Staff at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In his role, Mr. Costa was responsible for counseling the Secretary and overseeing policy for the $52 billion annually budgeted Cabinet-level agency, which maintains a wide range of Federal housing and community development programs, and more than 7,000 employees across 65 offices nationwide. Amongst Mr. Costa’s agency-wide portfolio included advising on HUD’s multifamily mortgage insurance programs, managing policy decisions with regard to the agency’s COVID-19 response and CARES Act appropriations, and directing actions taken through the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing. Mr. Costa also served as the Chairman’s representative and HUD’s lead on the Federal Government's inter-agency White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (“Opportunity Zones Council”), and for his efforts was ranked #10 in the Opportunity Zone Magazine’s “Top 25 Opportunity Zone Influencers of 2020” list. He has been a keynote and featured speaker at numerous major national conferences, including: Milken Institute Global Conference, National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) International Builders’ Show, SALT Conference-Las Vegas, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Housing Opportunity Conference, and the National Governors Association (NGA) State Summit on Opportunity Zones. Mr. Costa earned his juris doctor from Harvard Law School, master's degree from the University of Oxford (UK), and bachelor's degree from Yale University. He is currently a Public Sector Fellow of the Harvard Alumni Real Estate Board, Advisory Board Member of Nova Southeastern University’s Real Estate Development Program, Emerging Leaders Council Member and alumnus of New Heights Youth Inc., and a Full Member of the Urban Land Institute.