Appointed as Chief Executive
Officer of the Housing Authority in September 2018, Mr. Leonid McKay has 12
years of experience in the social sector. He has worked for Caritas Malta as
from 2006 and occupied the position of Director of Caritas Malta between 2014
and 2018. During the same tenure he also held the role of Chairman of the Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Drug
Abusers.
Mr.McKay has also carried out
extensive social research on various social policy areas ranging from the
minimum budget required for low-income families to be able to achieve an
acceptable and a decent standard of living (Minimum Essential Budget for a
Decent Living 2016, 2012) to the adequacy of non-contributory welfare benefits (Minimum
Income Schemes, 2014).
He has also researched about the labour
market exploitation of migrants in Malta (Social Fieldwork Research 2014); Integration
efforts of People with International Protection (2013) and Geographic Mapping
of pockets of deprivation and study the social conditions of poor
neighbourhoods in Malta (Master of Arts in Social Policy Dissertation, 2012).
Mr. McKay holds a Master of Arts in Social Policy degree and
a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sociology from the University of Malta. Between
2012 and 2014, Mr. McKay was a lecturer at the Malta College of Arts Science
and Technology and taught at the Institute
of Community Services.
With his experience and
expertise, McKay will be
leading the Authority in prompting new policies and strategies to develop and
implement social housing-related schemes and initiatives while understanding
the challenges of those genuinely in need, in order to ensure a relevant
Authority with a strengthened role in society.