Deborah Lin Pérez is an architecture designer and a professional dedicated to sustainable affordable housing. She is invested in the development of housing and communities where people of all income levels can live, work and recreate. She strives to achieve good design at the home and neighborhood scale, while at the same time finding real solutions for the needs of existing communities.Previously, Deborah worked in affordable housing in the Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority. In this role she managed the development of various single family houses throughout Puerto Rico and worked with HOME Grants and Tax Credits to finance multifamily affordable housing. As a fair housing and accessible design specialist she also coordinated accessibility retrofits of existing multifamily buildings. In 2019 she became an Enterprise Architectural Rose Fellow hosted by Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. In this role she has lead Community Engagement and Participatory Design initiatives for a new mixed use development.Deborah currently practices as a Green Building Consultant for SK Collaborative. Has served as the verifier for Single and Multifamily homes certified in LEED, EarthCraft, NGBS and ENERGY STAR, among others. She has also certified over 160 units for the R3 CDBG-DR Home Reconstruction program in Puerto Rico.She has a Bachelor in Fine Arts and Master Degree in Architecture from the University of Puerto Rico. Deborah also enjoys oil painting and drawing.