Wayde Oshiro has been named housing administrator for the county Department of Housing and Human Concerns.

Oshiro, who starts his new post Wednesday, will oversee all of the housing-related functions and programs within the Housing Division, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program and other federal programs, and the county's Affordable Housing Fund Program and First Time Homebuyer's Downpayment Assistance Program.

Oshiro also will monitor housing developments with affordable-housing requirements; review and comment on requests for residential building and special use permits, preliminary subdivision approval, zoning changes, and draft environmental assessments; and provide management oversight of the county's affordable rental project, Komohana Hale in Lahaina.

He is a 16-year veteran of the Housing Division and for the past 10 years was program coordinator of the county's HOME program, which received more than $8 million in federal funds to provide affordable housing and downpayment assistance to low-income families.