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Press RoomNAHRO Honors Rodney Dykes with John D. Lange AwardContact: Mary Barron of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment
Officials, 202-580-7223 or mbarron@nahro.org October 10: The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials has selected Rodney Dykes as the recipient of its 2006 John D. Lange Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements in international exchange in the housing and community development field. The award will be presented Oct. 15 at NAHRO's National Conference and Exhibition in Atlanta, Ga. Dykes is Managing Director of Rodney Dykes Housing Services Ltd (RDHS Ltd) and Deputy Chair of the Liverpool Housing Action Trust in Liverpool, England. He began his career in housing in 1960 in local housing authorities, where he concentrated on housing and health issues as a practicing Environmental Health Officer. Dykes then moved on to become Deputy Chief Executive of the Merseyside Improved Houses from 1971-1976 and the North British Housing Association from 1976 - 1980. In 1980, Dykes established RDHS Ltd, a housing and regeneration consulting company. Dykes' understanding of community development corporations has led RDHA Ltd to submissions to government agencies promoting urban revitalization and the need for public/private partnerships. A regular member of the U.K. delegation at the Tri-Country Conference, Dykes has presented at the conference many times and helped organize and plan for when the conference came to Liverpool. He has also attended many NAHRO national conferences, and has spoken to other delegates about housing in the UK. Through the exchange of professional and discussion papers, as well as through professional institutions, Dykes has developed particular connections with housing professionals in Canada and the U.S. He has also frequently visited Denmark and Sweden to promote worldwide issues on physical standards of social housing provision and the economic environment in which not-for-profits operate. Affiliations include the professional institution of Environmental Health,
which awarded Dykes a fellowship in 1985, and the Chartered Institute of Housing,
where he gained fellowship status in 1984. In 2003, Dykes was awarded the Prix
International Award by the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association for his
contributions to the housing industry in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. The John D. Lange Award recognizes persons in the housing and community development
field who have made outstanding contributions toward international understanding
and exchange of international experience. It was established in 1983 in the
name of John D. Lange, executive director of NAHRO from 1951 to 1970, who actively
participated throughout his career in international exchange and, in his retirement,
carried out executive service assignments in Argentina, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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