Commissioner Bailey has been a resident of Denny Terrace – one of SHA’s low-income public housing buildings – for more than 20 years. She has been involved in community issues since she first moved into Denny Terrace, starting with taking simple actions to make Denny Terrace a safer place to live. Ms. Bailey has worked on the agency’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee since its inception and for three years chaired the committee. She continues her involvement with JPAC today. Ms. Bailey helped start a resident council at Denny Terrace and later became involved in SHA’s Resident Action Council. She also served on the committee to help formulate, write and implement SHA’s Moving To new Ways policy. She has been instrumental in implementing an in-house food bank at Denny Terrace and helping coordinate residents to attend presentations pertaining to HUD regulations and other resident concerns.