Former Boston City Councillor Rob Consalvo will join the Walsh administration in a key role within the city's Department of Neighborhood Development. Consalvo, who ran for mayor last year, will be appointed Deputy Director for Homeownership Programs, which oversees the Boston Home Center.

"One of the key components of the housing plan we released earlier this month was ensuring that Boston's middle class has increased access to homeownership opportunities in the City of Boston," Mayor Martin J. Walsh said in a statement announcing Consalvo's appointment. "Rob Consalvo's work with the Boston Home Center will be critical to our success. I'm so glad that Rob will be a part of this administration, doing work that matters so much to him and to the people of the City of Boston."

Consalvo will work under Sheila A. Dillon, the City of Boston’s Chief of Housing and Director of the
Department of Neighborhood Development.

"I am very excited to return to city government to be of service to the people of Boston,” Consalvo said. “I look forward to working with Mayor Walsh, Chief Dillon and DND’s staff to increase the opportunities for homeownership in the City of Boston, and to help Mayor Walsh achieve his housing goals for our City."

Consalvo becomes the third former 2013 mayoral candidate to join Walsh's administration. John Barros serves as Walsh's chief of economic development and Felix G. Arroyo is the head of the city's health and human services.

Consalvo was a district city councillor from Hyde Park from 2002-2013 and chaired the council's Committee on Housing for a time.