After leaving the Finance Committee after serving for six years -- two as chair -- Donna Bronk is looking to take on a new challenge.

A couple of them, actually.

The Selectmen on Tuesday appointed Bronk to the Affordable Housing Trust and approved her application to serve as the state appointee on the Wareham Housing Authority.

"My entire background has been affordable housing and I would like to see it improve in my own town," said Bronk during her interview before the Board of Selectmen. "I'm very committed to the seniors."

Noting that Bronk has served the town in a number of capacities over the years, Selectman Alan Slavin said: "We appreciate you continuing to step up."

The Affordable Housing Trust is charged with creating and preserving affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents.

The Housing Authority, a state agency, and its executive director oversee the Agawam Village and Redwood Park affordable housing units in Wareham. The Housing Authority board consists of four elected members and one state-appointed member. Each term is five years.

The Wareham Housing Authority has been in turmoil in recent weeks, after its executive director and two board members stepped down, including former state-appointee Paul Innis. Furthermore, a state review of the Authority has indicated that there are some troubling practices in the management of the Authority.

Bronk appeared before the Selectmen with Housing Authority Chair Robert Powilatis to ask that the Selectmen approve her application to the state to become its next Housing Authority appointee.

Bronk's application will now be sent to the Governor's office as well as the Department of Housing and Community Development.

During the discussion, Powilatis informed the board of ongoing maintenance issues from decrepit roofs, to a lack of hot water for tenants at the Redwood Park complex.

"We have found a condition of significant neglect," Powilatis said.

Selectmen Chair Peter Teitelbaum lamented the current state of the units, saying that when he delivered newspapers to the Agawam Village neighborhood in the 1970s, it was a far cry from its current dilapidated state.

Selectman Judy Whiteside asked Powilatis how many housing authorities in the state, to his knowledge, experienced issues similar to Wareham.

Noting that he's seen housing authorities in conditions as dismal as Wareham's, he added that "there are some unbelievably well-managed housing authorities," and cited Plymouth and Taunton as examples.