Bob Rapoza, Founder and President
Bob Rapoza has over four decades’ experience as a professional lobbyist and is an expert on the federal budget and appropriations process, with special expertise in federal housing and community development policy.
Bob has been responsible for numerous legislative accomplishments, including sustaining federal rural housing and community development programs, establishing the Intermediary Re-lending Program at the Agriculture Department, increasing funding for community development programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, promoting the creation of a YouthBuild program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and, most recently, successfully steering the New Markets Tax Credit program to enactment and implementation.
Bob first became involved with housing and community development issues while serving with the Massachusetts Department of Community Affairs. After moving to Washington, D.C., he held executive positions with the Rural Housing Alliance, the National Rural Housing Coalition (which he continues to serve as executive secretary and legislative director), and the Rural Coalition before establishing Rapoza Associates in 1984.
A graduate of Boston College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Bob has served on the boards of several housing and community development organizations and has been profiled in the Washington Post, the authoritative Beacham’s Guide to Key Lobbyists, and The Hill’s 2018 and 2019 Top Lobbyists Lists.