LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Mayor Bryan Baptiste announced Friday the appointment of Ken Rainforth as director of the Kaua'i County Housing Agency. Rainforth will assume his new position March 1.

Currently, he is serving as the executive on housing. The housing director position was established last year after the Offices of Community Assistance was dissolved.

OCA was formed in 1999, bringing the Agency on Elderly Affairs and the Housing and Transportation agencies under one department. Now, the three agencies are separate again and are led by mayoral appointees.