Podcasts about Enterprise Community Partners

In this episode of "WAHNcast," host Angie Truitt discusses rising insurance costs in the affordable housing sector with Nikki Freyman, Senior Asset Manager at Enterprise Community Partners. They focus on the financial strain these costs place on providers, particularly in disaster-prone areas like the Gulf Coast. Nikki shares insights on the trends, challenges, and potential solutions, including regulatory changes, innovative insurance options, and the importance of public-private partnerships. The episode underscores the urgent need for systemic change to ensure the sustainability of affordable housing amidst escalating insurance premiums.

As VP of Building Resilient Futures at Enterprise Community Partners, Krista Egger stewards the nonprofit's national environmental programs, including Green Communities, Health Action Plan, Resilience Academies, and Decarbonization Hubs. Krista went to Oberlin and and studied physics and architectural history. After college, a stint with AmeriCorps introduced her to a kind of applied building science. “I had the opportunity to identify root causes and then make things better,” she says.  Sometimes making things better means dismantling long-held beliefs. “For too long,” she says, “there has been a perceived predicament of whether people can build affordable housing or green housing, whether there can be a standard way to operate buildings or green ways of operating buildings. Those are false choices.”The programs that Egger leads are leveraging capital and policy and resources to solve for barriers that prevent all housing from being affordable, healthy, and resilient. “We are centering the needs of people who live in housing to make decisions about housing.”related links:Health Action Plan framework Green Communities Criteria

Washington State Sen. Emily Alvarado, D-Seattle, is facing an ethics complaint for allegedly violating laws regarding her role with Enterprise Community Partners, a group lobbying for the bill she sponsors, Engrossed House Bill 1217. Conservative activist Glen Morgan of We The Governed recently filed the complaint, alleging that Alvarado violated state laws (RCW 42.52.020 and RCW 42.52.110) due to her role as Vice President. He argues that Alvarado has a conflict of interest, as legislators are prohibited from holding certain positions with organizations that engage in lobbying.

As the nation continues to grapple with rising homelessness and rising housing costs, the need to create and preserve more affordable homes has never been more acute. Yet, innovations are happening at the local level to spur safer, stronger communities. What are the practical solutions for bringing down escalating housing costs? And how can a national movement leverage proven solutions to ending homelessness and our housing crisis?rnrnJoin us at the City Club for a wide-ranging discussion with Enterprise Community Partners President and CEO Shaun Donovan and Senator Michele Reynolds (R-Canal Winchester) on the housing challenges facing Cleveland, the State of Ohio, and the nation.

Among California's efforts to fight homelessness is an allocation of more than $91 million to boost tribal housing efforts. The Cherokee Nation is putting $40 million toward affordable housing this year. That's on top of a $120 million housing investment two years ago. HUD is disbursing almost $73 million toward housing programs for 38 tribes. The aim is to offset the persistent disparity in Native American homelessness. We'll hear about what that money is being spent on and what hurdles remain. GUESTS Jamie Navenma (Hopi), executive director for Laguna Housing and Management Enterprise, president of the Southwest Tribal Housing Alliance, and a representative of region 8 for the National American Indian Housing Council Evelyn Immonen (Turtle Mt. Band of Chippewa Indians), senior program officer for the Tribal Nations and Rural Communities team at Enterprise Community Partners Jody Perez (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes), executive director of the Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority

Exploring the Impact of a Four-Day Workweek on Nonprofits In this week's episode of the Nonprofit News Feed by Whole Whale, George Weiner and Nick Azulay dive into the potential effects of a four-day workweek on the nonprofit sector. As digital strategists and nonprofit enthusiasts, they explore how this shift, gaining traction in places like Tokyo and parts of Europe, could influence volunteer availability and nonprofit operations. Nick highlights the growing trend towards shorter workweeks, noting that it could alleviate burnout among nonprofit staff, often overworked and underpaid. This change might also lead to an increase in volunteer hours, as people could have more free time to contribute to causes they care about. George adds that advances in AI and digital tools could streamline volunteer coordination, making it easier for nonprofits to manage their resources efficiently. The discussion also touches on the broader implications of a shorter workweek, such as a shift in how productivity is measured—focusing on outcomes rather than hours. This shift could open up new opportunities for nonprofits to fill the "purpose gap," engaging more people in meaningful work beyond traditional employment metrics like GDP. Legislative Update: Nonprofits Face Potential Threats The episode also covers the reintroduction of HR 9495 in the Senate, a bill that could allow the U.S. Treasury to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status if deemed to support terrorism. The hosts express concern over the lack of due process in this legislation, which could expose nonprofits to abuse and harassment. With Congress's session ending soon, the bill's fate remains uncertain, but advocacy efforts continue to highlight its potential dangers. Challenges in Nonprofit Funding Transparency Another topic discussed is the financial struggles of OpenSecrets, a nonprofit dedicated to government transparency and tracking money in politics. Recent layoffs at OpenSecrets reflect a broader trend of dwindling support for transparency-focused organizations, posing a risk to public understanding of political finance. Mackenzie Scott's Continued Philanthropic Impact Ending on a positive note, the hosts celebrate Mackenzie Scott's recent $65 million donation to Enterprise Community Partners, an affordable housing nonprofit. This gift underscores Scott's ongoing commitment to addressing critical societal issues through substantial philanthropic efforts.

Exploring the Impact of a Four-Day Workweek on Nonprofits In this week's episode of the Nonprofit News Feed by Whole Whale, George Weiner and Nick Azulay dive into the potential effects of a four-day workweek on the nonprofit sector. As digital strategists and nonprofit enthusiasts, they explore how this shift, gaining traction in places like Tokyo and parts of Europe, could influence volunteer availability and nonprofit operations. Nick highlights the growing trend towards shorter workweeks, noting that it could alleviate burnout among nonprofit staff, often overworked and underpaid. This change might also lead to an increase in volunteer hours, as people could have more free time to contribute to causes they care about. George adds that advances in AI and digital tools could streamline volunteer coordination, making it easier for nonprofits to manage their resources efficiently. The discussion also touches on the broader implications of a shorter workweek, such as a shift in how productivity is measured—focusing on outcomes rather than hours. This shift could open up new opportunities for nonprofits to fill the "purpose gap," engaging more people in meaningful work beyond traditional employment metrics like GDP. Legislative Update: Nonprofits Face Potential Threats The episode also covers the reintroduction of HR 9495 in the Senate, a bill that could allow the U.S. Treasury to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status if deemed to support terrorism. The hosts express concern over the lack of due process in this legislation, which could expose nonprofits to abuse and harassment. With Congress's session ending soon, the bill's fate remains uncertain, but advocacy efforts continue to highlight its potential dangers. Challenges in Nonprofit Funding Transparency Another topic discussed is the financial struggles of OpenSecrets, a nonprofit dedicated to government transparency and tracking money in politics. Recent layoffs at OpenSecrets reflect a broader trend of dwindling support for transparency-focused organizations, posing a risk to public understanding of political finance. Mackenzie Scott's Continued Philanthropic Impact Ending on a positive note, the hosts celebrate Mackenzie Scott's recent $65 million donation to Enterprise Community Partners, an affordable housing nonprofit. This gift underscores Scott's ongoing commitment to addressing critical societal issues through substantial philanthropic efforts.

MacKenzie Scott donated $65 million to Enterprise Community Partners, a Maryland-based nonprofit focused on affordable housing. This donation follows her previous $50 million contribution to the organization in 2020. The funding addresses challenges in the housing sector and represents one of the largest reported gifts to an affordable housing entity. Shaun Donovan, CEO of the nonprofit, acknowledged the recognition of housing affordability as a national issue and highlighted how Scott's support will strengthen their efforts in providing sustainable housing solutions. Scott, with a 1.3% stake in Amazon and an estimated net worth of $41.3 billion, has made multiple significant donations to various nonprofits in recent years.Learn more on this news visit us at: https://greyjournal.net/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded live at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Morgan and Martha interview Representative Jim Himes (D-CT-4) who serves as Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and as a member of the House Committee on Financial Services. Prior to serving in Congress, Himes ran the New York City branch of The Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit dedicated to addressing urban poverty challenges. Himes holds a Master of Philosophy in Latin American Studies from the University of Oxford, which he obtained after he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. He also received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University.How has U.S. global leadership changed throughout the past three presidential administrations? How does the United States' position in key global partnerships change in the near future? How should the incoming Trump Administration balance and prioritize intelligence tasking needs in the era of competing threats?Check out the answers to these questions and more in this special episode of Fault Lines!Stay tuned for more of the Special Series at RNDF on The Future of U.S. Global Leadership this week on Fault Lines! These are discussions you don't want to miss!Follow our experts on Twitter:@morganlroach@marthamillerdc@jahimesLike what we're doing here?Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe.And don't forget to follow @masonnatsec on Twitter!We are also on YouTube, and watch today's episode here: https://youtu.be/4E44k41LkJ8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Part Two of our conversation with Lisa Gutierrez on ChangeMakers, we explore the human side of affordable housing development. Lisa shares inspiring stories from her portfolio, including groundbreaking projects like one of the nation's first LGBTQ+ senior housing developments and the revitalization of a historic Bracero farm worker housing complex in Soledad, California. As a 2023 inductee into the California Housing Consortium's Hall of Fame, Lisa discusses her unexpected journey from a college graduate in communications to a leading voice in affordable housing finance. She emphasizes the importance of mentorship and network-building, particularly through her involvement with the Women's Affordable Housing Network and various industry boards including the Housing Trust of Silicon Valley and Enterprise Community Partners. The episode concludes with Lisa's perspective on team leadership at U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance, where her group's impressive tenure—ranging from 13 to 20+ years—speaks to their deep commitment to the mission of creating affordable housing. Through personal insights and professional wisdom, Lisa illustrates how providing "home" isn't just about building structures, but about creating foundations for successful lives. Join Katie for this inspiring conversation about leadership, mentorship, and the collaborative spirit driving innovation in affordable housing development.

Ed BradyPresident and CEOBefore being appointed President and CEO of Home Builders Institute (HBI) in 2018, Brady led a large regional home building company in Illinois. Following the 2008 financial crisis, he served on the Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission, working with other leading experts to advance the nation's housing policy. He serves on the Advisory Committee of the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy. He has also served on boards for Chicago Federal Home Loan Bank, Enterprise Community Partners, Illinois Habitat for Humanity, as well as on other economic development and housing-related boards. Brady was the National Association of Home Builders 2016 Chairman. In 2018, he was inducted into the Illinois Home Builders Hall of Fame and in 2023 inducted into the National Housing Hall of Fame.What We DoWE EMPOWERWe empower individuals by providing free in-demand skilled trades training and educationWE PRODUCEWe produce talented graduates who are ready to make an impact in the building industryWE SOLVEWe solve national industry challenges while addressing economic inequality at the local levelWE ADVOCATEWe advocate for workforce development solutions to address the construction labor market shortage, which is at a crisis level Why We Do ItWe tackle important social issues.Financial stability and career opportunities for American workersHousing accessibility and affordability for allIndustry productivity jeopardized by the need for 2.2 million skilled workers over the next 3 years Diversification within trades training to create a more inclusive and equitable industryHBI is the nation's leading nonprofit provider of trade skills training and education for the building industry. HBI is building the next generation of skilled tradespeople and HBI graduates are transforming their communities and building America's homes.Our MissionWe change lives by educating, inspiring and preparing individuals for careers in the building industry.Our VisionWe are the leading educational resource for career technical education in the building industry.Contact Uscontacthbi@hbi.org(202) 695-1982FacebookTwitter/XYouTubeInstagramLinkedIn

In this episode of The Road Home, produced by NCHV and sponsored by The Home Depot Foundation, host Jae is joined by David Bowers, Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic Market & Senior Advisor for the Faith-Based Development Initiative at Enterprise Community Partners. They explore how faith-based organizations (FBOs) are making a difference by developing affordable housing for low-income households. David Bowers shares key insights on the process, including the support churches need to successfully develop housing and how zoning laws can empower congregations to use vacant land. The conversation also highlights Enterprise's Faith-Based Initiative, its mission, and key partnerships, as well as the innovative “YIGBY” (Yes in God's Backyard) movement. We're grateful to David Bowers for sharing his expertise on this critical topic. Tune in for an engaging discussion on how faith and housing development are coming together to create lasting change. For a deeper dive into the episode's insights, visit https://bit.ly/FBD-EPISODE-INSIGHTS Be sure to follow, rate, and share The Road Home for more episodes like this!

In part 2 of Enterprise Community Partners and Home for Good, Baaba with Enterprise Community Partners, and host K-DiD continue to talk about Home for Good, a resource with strategies to prevent eviction and promote housing stability. Learn more about ⁠⁠Enterprise Community Partners⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/⁠⁠ Learn more about ⁠⁠Home for Good⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/resources/home-for-good⁠⁠ Learn about the Family Homelessness Coalition https://www.fhcnyc.org/ Email or DM Hear Our Voices to share your story or resources related to homelessness and housing instability: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NYCHearOurVoices@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hear Our Voices' ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ account links can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktr.ee/nyc_hov⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. RESOURCES ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NYC311⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://portal.311.nyc.gov/  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DHS' Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- apply for shelter   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brochure⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HRA Guide for Housing Instability⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/BK-9-SOI-NewGuideForRenters.pdf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠      ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About Source of Income Discrimination⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/FairHouse_FAQs-Tenant-English.pdf  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/SourceOfIncomeFactSheet_SP.pdf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you experience source of income discrimination, you can report it to the NYC Commission on Human Rights by dialing 311 and asking for "Human Rights," call 212-416-0197, or use the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Report Discrimination form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/about/report-discrimination.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Housing Vouchers ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Section 8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/section-8/about-section-8.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CityFHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/cityfheps.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/fheps.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Special One-Time Assistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (SOTA) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/sota.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Check out other resources: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/40pB4p8

On this episode of the Impact Real Estate Podcast, we continue our Summer Series by revisiting our conversation with Heather Hood, the Vice President and Market Leader for Northern California at Enterprise Community Partners. We discuss affordable housing, the work of Enterprise Community Partners, and the challenges of developing affordable housing in the Bay Area. Heather shares her background and how she got into this field. We also talk about the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority and the barriers to affordable housing development in the region. We discuss the background in urban planning and how it has influenced his work in affordable housing. He emphasizes the importance of networking and the value of connections. Heather also shares her advice for those starting their careers in the field, highlighting the need for executive functioning skills, the ability to work with diverse groups of people, and a willingness to continually learn. She discusses the current state of affordable housing and the impact her work has on improving housing security for individuals and families.Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3I3nkG9Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35ZJGLTWeb: https://www.jacksonlucas.com/podcast/summer-heather-hoodChapters00:00 Introduction and Interview with Heather Hood03:00 Enterprise Community Partners: Making Home and Community Places of Pride06:28 Providing Resources for Affordable Housing Development12:58 The Role of Financing in Affordable Housing18:57 The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority: Addressing the Lack of Affordable Housing26:18 The Challenges of Developing Affordable Housing in the Bay Area28:47 The Value of Networking and Education31:05 The Challenge of Hiring from the Same Program33:12 Essential Skills for Success34:06 The Current State of Affordable Housing38:20 Personal Background and Motivation50:23 The Impact of Affordable Housing Work52:47 Favorite Interview QuestionTakeawaysEnterprise Community Partners is a nonprofit organization that works to make home and community places of pride, power, and belonging.They provide resources for affordable housing developers to build and preserve affordable homes, primarily through tax credits and philanthropic funding.The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority was created to address the lack of affordable housing in the region and provide financing for affordable housing projects.Developing affordable housing in the Bay Area is challenging due to high land and construction costs, NIMBYism, and lengthy approval processes.There is a need for regional solutions and collaboration to address the affordable housing crisis. Networking and connections made through education are valuable resources in the field of affordable housing.Executive functioning skills, the ability to work with diverse groups, and a willingness to learn are important for success in the industry.The current state of affordable housing is a crisis, with millions of people paying over half of their income for housing and a growing number of homeless individuals.Working in affordable housing has a direct impact on improving housing security and providing stability for individuals and families.

This week, we are joined by Baaba with Enterprise Community Partners, a national nonprofit on a mission to make home and community places of pride, power and belonging, and platforms for resilience and upward mobility for all. Home for Good is a resource with strategies to prevent eviction and promote housing stability. Learn more about ⁠Enterprise Community Partners⁠ ⁠https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/⁠ Learn more about ⁠Home for Good⁠ ⁠https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/resources/home-for-good⁠ Watch the Portraits of Hope documentary ⁠here⁠. ⁠https://www.fhcnyc.org/portraits-of-hope/⁠ Email or DM Hear Our Voices to share your story or resources related to homelessness and housing instability: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NYCHearOurVoices@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hear Our Voices' ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ account links can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktr.ee/nyc_hov⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. RESOURCES ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NYC311⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://portal.311.nyc.gov/  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DHS' Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- apply for shelter   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brochure⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HRA Guide for Housing Instability⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/BK-9-SOI-NewGuideForRenters.pdf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠      ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About Source of Income Discrimination⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/FairHouse_FAQs-Tenant-English.pdf  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/SourceOfIncomeFactSheet_SP.pdf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you experience source of income discrimination, you can report it to the NYC Commission on Human Rights by dialing 311 and asking for "Human Rights," call 212-416-0197, or use the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Report Discrimination form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/about/report-discrimination.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Housing Vouchers ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Section 8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/section-8/about-section-8.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CityFHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/cityfheps.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/fheps.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Special One-Time Assistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (SOTA) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/sota.page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Check out other resources: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/40pB4p8

July 24, 2024 Vernon interviews April De Simone, founder of the Practice of Democracy (PoD). Vernon and April explore how her initiatives, particularly in affordable cooperative-mutualist housing, have expanded and influenced the broader objectives of PoD. April De Simone, the founder of the Practice of Democracy, and curator of Democracy is..., is a transdisciplinary designer who operates at the nexus of social dynamics and spatial design. She explores the interplay between built environments and the communities that inhabit them. Her work fosters a profound comprehension of how inequity and dehumanization are manifested and perpetuated within spaces. Collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, she reshapes spatial practice opportunities to embed democratic values into the environments and systems we create. An esteemed speaker, facilitator, and board member, April's influence extends across equity and design matters. Recognized by Enterprise Community Partners as one of their Impactful 40, she is also a Dean Merit Scholar and holds a Master of Science in Design and Urban Ecologies from Parsons School of Design. The Practice of Democracy (PoD) is prototyping an immersive online experience. PoD strongly believes the more we expose and educate one another to build shared-value understanding, the more we can collectively advance democratic rights and values. These stories located within a neighborhood can be represented both digitally and physically. Democracy is… is a public engagement campaign calling for our collective attention and action in understanding how democratic values are represented through the environments and systems we plan and design.

Air Date 12/23/2023 The housing crisis is at a worse point than at any time in recent history. Solutions are available and require political will to bring into reality but because the problem is now so widespread, we may actually be able to take action that would have been untenable before. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript WINTER SALE! 20% Off Memberships (including Gifts) in December! Join our Discord community! Related Episodes: #1496 Home Is Where The Hardship Is #1565 Co-Housing Builds Community and Fights Loneliness OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: ExpressVPN.com/BestOfTheLeft GET INTERNET PRIVACY WITH EXPRESS VPN! BestOfTheLeft.com/Libro SUPPORT INDIE BOOKSHOPS, GET YOUR AUDIOBOOK FROM LIBRO! BestOfTheLeft.com/Bookshop BotL BOOKSTORE BestOfTheLeft.com/Store BotL MERCHANDISE! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Housing is a Moral Issue w Shaun Donovan - Future Hindsight - Air Date 12-7-23 Shaun Donovan is the CEO and President of Enterprise Community Partners. We discuss how the deeply entrenched housing crisis has become worse in recent years and the multiple strategies to make home and community places of pride, power, and belonging. Ch. 2: Why NYCs Move to Privatize Public Housing Could Impact the Rest of the Country - Notes to America - Air Date 12-18-23 On this week's show, Fanta — a reporter for WNYC's Radio Rookies — speaks with residents, organizers and officials as she tries to find out what this program means for families like hers. Ch. 3: Biden In Trouble With Voters Over Inequality And Housing - The Majority Report - Air Date 11-28-23 President Joe Biden's approval ratings surrounding the economy are not good! What, if anything, can Biden and the Democrat do to improve on those poll numbers (maybe…run on something? Anything?) Ch. 4: Housing is a Moral Issue w Shaun Donovan Part 2 - Future Hindsight - Air Date 12-7-23 Ch. 5: Why NYCs Move to Privatize Public Housing Could Impact the Rest of the Country Part 2 - Notes to America - Air Date 12-18-23 Ch. 6: Why The US Is Failing At Housing And How To Fix It - The Majority Report - Air Date 7-9-23 Rachel Cohen describes how the US housing crisis came to be and how it can be solved. Ch. 7: Housing is a Moral Issue w Shaun Donovan Part 3 - Future Hindsight - Air Date 12-7-23 Ch. 8: Can the French Plan For Social Housing Save America From Hyper-Gentrification w Cole Stangler - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 11-9-23 Is Paris more gentrified than New York? Gentrification is the process where beloved cities & towns price out residents with rents ‘too damn high' to pay & failing infrastructure. MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 9: Why NYCs Move to Privatize Public Housing Could Impact the Rest of the Country Part 3 - Notes to America - Air Date 12-18-23 Ch. 10: How to build beautiful social housing in a crisis - Channel 4 News - 9-7-23 The architect Peter Barber has been winning awards for turning tiny patches of land into innovative estates and houses, designed not just to be beautiful – but to foster a sense of community too. FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 11: Final comments on why North America Can't Build Nice Apartments Bonus: Why North America Can't Build Nice Apartments (because of one rule) MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions) SHOW IMAGE:  Description: Photograph of newly built, colorful single-family row houses. Credit: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development archive, License: Public Domain   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

Thursday, December 7th, 2023   Shaun Donovan is the CEO and President of Enterprise Community Partners. We discuss how the deeply entrenched housing crisis has become worse in recent years and the multiple strategies to make home and community places of pride, power, and belonging.   Housing is a basic need that is fundamental to democratic participation. The lack of housing is preventing communities around the country from attracting workers and studies show slowing GDP growth due to housing affordability. People across the US are increasingly recognizing that housing isn't just a moral issue or an issue of justice for low-income people. It's a larger challenge for our society.  Follow Enterprise Community Partners on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/enterprisenow    Follow Mila on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/milaatmos    Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/   Sponsor:  Thanks to Shopify for supporting Future Hindsight! Sign up for a $1/month trial period at shopify.com/hopeful.    Love Future Hindsight? Take our Listener Survey!  http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=6tI0Zi1e78vq&ver=standard    Take the Democracy Group's Listener Survey! https://www.democracygroup.org/survey   Want to support the show and get it early?  https://patreon.com/futurehindsight    Check out the Future Hindsight website!  www.futurehindsight.com   Read the transcript here:  https://www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/housing-is-a-moral-issue-shaun-donovan      Credits:  Host: Mila Atmos  Guests: Shaun Donovan Executive Producer: Mila Atmos Producer: Zack Travis

On this week's episode of The Way to College Podcast, my guest is Alejandro Huerta. Alejandro is a Senior Program Director at Enterprise Community Partners, where he helps affordable housing developers get their projects funded. Like so many of my guests, Alejandro never envisioned doing this work. Check out this week's episode to hear Alejandro's journey. #podcast #journey #college #firstgen #stanford #california #losangeles #education 

On this episode of Buzzhouse, hosts Don Bernards and Garrick Gibson are joined by Reverend David Bowers and Tim Block from Enterprise Community Partners. Together, they discuss leveraging property owned by faith-based organizations.  David and Tim touch on the work they do in order to get faith-based organizations from “vision to construction to completion.” The group also discusses case studies, how faith-based organizations are partnering with developers and the keys to success for community projects.Follow UsTwitter @BakerTillyUSFacebook @BakerTillyUSInstagram @bakertillyusPresented by Baker Tillywww.bakertilly.com

In episode 182 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons host Mark Nevitt, a former Navy Jag and now Law professor at Emory University.  Mark shares his insights on the intersection of law and climate change. They discuss how US laws were created during a much more stable climate and how the legal system has not kept up with the current climate moment. The takings clause in the US Constitution is now relevant for climate change and Mark and Doug dig into this issue. Mark also considers his military experience good preparation to get into climate adaptation. We also discuss whether judges should recuse themselves if they are climate skeptics and should we amend the US Constitution to address important adaptation issues. Also, what would happen if the President declared a national emergency around climate change. Join us for this fascinating discussion on the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of law and climate change. Topics covered: ·         Mark's military background in the Navy and military justice informs his perspective on climate change adaptation. ·         US laws were created during a time of more stable climate, which poses legal uncertainties for climate adaptation measures. ·         The takings clause in the US Constitution is relevant to climate change adaptation.  ·         Cities that commit funding for infrastructure are now liable to maintain it, even in the face of long-term climate impacts.  ·         Climate skeptics may pose a challenge to legal decisions in climate adaptation cases, raising questions about judge recusal. ·         Is there a need to amend the US Constitution to address important adaptation issues? ·         Without a change in legal doctrine, climate adaptation will default to unmanaged retreat, exacerbating existing inequalities. ·         A declaration of a national emergency around climate change by the President could help to spur action on climate adaptation.  ·         The 5th Amendment presents challenges for implementing many climate adaptation measures due to its provisions on property rights and compensation. Subscribe to the America Adapts newsletter here. Donate to America Adapts Listen to America Adapts on your favorite app here! Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/ @usaadapts https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-parsons-america-adapts/https://www.linkedin.com/in/marknevitt/@marknevitt https://twitter.com/emorylaw?lang=en Links in this episode: Mark Nevitt Emory Profile: https://law.emory.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/nevitt-profile.html Link to the paper The Legal Crisis Within the Climate Crisis, forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review:  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4372312 Emory Climate Research Initiative:  https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/12/er_climate_initiative_02-12-2022/story.html Emory's Environmental Law Clinic:  https://law.emory.edu/academics/clinics/faculty-led-clinics/turner-environmental-law-clinic.html Lawfare and Just Security climate pages - https://www.lawfareblog.com/contributors/mnevitt and https://www.justsecurity.org/author/nevittmark/ How do We Manage Managed Retreat?  https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/climate-adaptation-strategies-how-do-we-manage-managed-retreat/ Mark Nevitt Scholarship website on SSRN:  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1916527 Previous America Adapts Episodes Referenced in this Episode Episode 156: Affordable Housing and Climate Change with Laurie Schoeman of Enterprise Community Partners with Laurie Schoeman Episode 116:  The Biggest Short: Climate Change meets the 30-Year Home Mortgage with Dr. Jesse Keenan Donate to America Adapts Follow on Apple Podcasts Follow on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Follow/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1 https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/   Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here! The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leadershttps://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisorhttp://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight ithttps://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813 Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexahttps://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible! For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts ! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Executive Producer Dr. Jesse Keenan Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Prakruti Nadendla is a seasoned social media and communications professional with experience working within B2B, B2C, and nonprofit organizations. She currently manages the social program at Enterprise Community Partners, an affordable housing nonprofit. She's also the host of The Webtoon Room, where she analyzes online comics for a passionate audience. Here, she shares how she creates community engagement through social media for nonprofits and talks about how podcasters can stand out in a crowded media market. Key Takeaways:- How to create audience engagement for nonprofits- The dos and don'ts for memes on social media- How to make a podcast stand out- Social media takes a lot more time and heart than most people think.Episode Timeline2:00 What's the overall social media strategy at Enterprise?4:30 The importance of being "on top of the ball" with breaking news on social media5:10 How to use memes on social media6:25 The most successful meme that Prakruti has created for Enterprise8:00 How do you create audience engagement for a nonprofit?10:00 How to make a podcast stand out in a world with thousands of podcasts12:30 Podcasters need to focus on the unique talents and perspectives they bring to the table.14:00 The importance of taking your podcast topics seriously17:00 What's the difference in social media strategies between tech and nonprofit?19:45 What's the toughest part about freelancing in the social media world?21:45 What's something most people don't know about working in social media?24:00 Social media work takes time.This episode's guest:• Prakruti Nadendla• Follow her on Twitter @Pvnaden and listen to her podcast "The Webtoon Room" wherever you get podcasts.Subscribe and leave a 5-star review: https://pod.link/1496390646Contact Us!• Join the conversation by leaving a comment!• Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn!Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ICMA Social Bond Working Group is publishing a series of podcasts focusing on aspects of Social Bonds and their markets. In this episode Philip Watkins Head of ESG DCM at SMBC Nikko discusses with Anna Smukowski , Senior Director, Capital Programs, Enterprise Community Loan Fund at Enterprise Community Partners and Natasha Garcha, Senior Director, Innovative Finance and Gender-Lens Investing Specialist at the Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), how a focus on gender and racial equality through target populations for social bonds is being addressed in issuance. Other podcasts in the series: Episode 1: SBP Introduction Episode 2: Current state of the market (July 2022) Episode 3: Corporates

Dr. Meghan Venable Thomas serves as the Director of Community Development for the City of Birmingham, supporting a Birmingham where all communities thrive. Previously, as a Senior Program Director at Enterprise Community Partners, she supported community development organizations across the country in integrating creative and community centered processes for equitable outcomes in affordable housing. With her Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard University and over 15 years of military service her background and training is grounded in increasing health equity in the built environment, creating strategies for community based design, and advancing tools for healing justice. Meghan holds a masters degree in Public Health Management from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy (USMA).

D.C.'s mayor is moving forward with a plan to add more affordable housing to the city by facilitating its building on land owned by houses of worship. Deputy Mayor John Falchiccio tells us how a new partnership and a request for interested churches, synagogues, and mosques to participate will help the mayor reach her goal of building 36,000 affordable units by 2025. Then a special guest joins Megan for a kid-friendly installment of DMV Dates.

In her new book, Gray to Green Communities, Dana Bourland argues that we need to move away from a gray housing model to a green one, which values the health and well-being of residents, their communities, and the planet. Dana shows that we don't have to choose between protecting our environment and providing quality housing for all. How can we achieve both climate goals and housing equity when residential buildings alone account for 20 percent of our carbon emissions? What are the inevitable trade-offs and challenges we need address? And where are the success stories we can turn to for inspiration and guidance? We'll talk to Dana about these questions and the promise of her Gray to Green approach.Dana is Senior Vice President for the Environment at The JPB Foundation. Before joining JPB, she was Vice President of Green Initiatives at Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit dedicated to “making well-designed homes affordable”. She developed and oversaw all aspects of Enterprise's Green Communities program including the creation of the Green Communities Criteria and Enterprise's Multifamily Retrofit Program.

On this episode of the Impact Real Estate Podcast presented by Jackson Lucas Executive Search, we take a deep dive into affordable housing with Heather Hood, the Vice President and Northern California Market Leader for Enterprise Community Partners. Heather talks us through how she went from wanting to be an architect to directing programs to ensure residents live in quality homes that are affordable and connected to opportunity.Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3I3nkG9Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35ZJGLTWeb: https://www.jacksonlucas.com/podcast/heather-hoodEPISODE NOTES:02:33 - Stepping stones to more 04:20 - Philanthropy and funding 09:08 - A curvy process 16:22 - The baby elephant 21:15 - Foundation of trust 28:05 - Design thinking 32:40 - "Know your stuff..." 35:05 - The crisis is getting worse38:12 - Deep in my bones 42:10 - The Hot Seat presented by KK Reset

Bomee Jung is co-founder/co-CEO of Cadence OneFive, a public benefit corporation with a climate justice mission. They are developing, Momentum, a software to enable city-scale acceleration of existing building decarbonization. Before this role, Bomee was the first VP for Energy and Sustainability at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and before that she led the climate mitigation and adaptation programs of the New York office of Enterprise Community Partners. She serves on the board of the Institute for Market Transformation and the loan committee of Capital For Change. With Momentum, Bomee and her co-founder and team are focused on change at scale. “We deliver a way for owners to understand their options around climate response, using building science and climate data,” she says. Instead of the bespoke consulting service model, the Momentum team proposes that many owners with conventional properties can benefit from a dataset-empowered playbook. “There are lots of options for doing climate responsive construction today. This is a way for people to understand methods and technologies, not just about emissions but also about housing quality and other factors.” Bomee suggests that the industry is facing a traditional tragedy of the commons problem. Sharing information could generate broad positive impact. With construction pricing, for example, sharing fresh information widely could rapidly reduce risks for many. This is where software has a unique role: “These are known problems and we offer transparency to help solve them.” 

A recent Los Angeles Times report examined seven affordable housing projects in Northern California in which the cost of development surpassed $1 million per unit. Part of the reason for the exorbitant cost of building is skyrocketing construction prices with rising material and labor costs exacerbated by the pandemic and supply chain shortages. But, as the L.A. Times points out, local and state requirements add a sizable amount to the total expense. For nonprofit developers who build subsidized housing, that means fewer units for more money. As California looks for ways to alleviate the housing crisis, we discuss why affordable housing is becoming more unaffordable and strategies to bring down the price tag. Guests: Liam Dillon, statewide housing affordability and neighborhood change reporter, Los Angeles Times Heather Hood, vice president, Northern California, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. Tim Grayson, California State assembly member, district 14 (encompasses portions of Contra Costa and Solano Counties) Ben Metcalf, managing director, Terner Center of Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley; former director, California Department of Housing and Community Development

Check out EP 47 as Curtis G Martin, Rhonda L Brown, and Caliph Johnson Sr interview with Deveny Perry. Deveney Perry is the Executive Director at BLDG Memphis (Build Live Develop Grow) - advancing equitable economic development strategies that support neighborhoods. She was formerly the Director of Advocacy and first joined the team as the Resilient Communities project manager for Memphis efforts under the national Strong Prosperous and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) led by Enterprise Community Partners and Low Income Investment Fund. Currently, she supports the organization's mission to provide policy support, capacity building, and community engagement to community development corporations, stakeholders, and initiatives around equitable investment into Memphis neighborhoods. Ms. Perry has worked with the City of Memphis, where her policy research was instrumental in restructuring the City's business development services. In addition, she has worked to advance entrepreneurship and business development in Memphis by developing entrepreneurial programs for working communities, reentry services, and high school students. Deveney serves on the Neighborhood Preservation Inc. advisory board. In addition, the Shelby County Mayor's Young Professionals Council has been honored by Memphis Flyer for Top 20 Under 30 and ambassadors for the Memphis Riverfront Park Partnership. Deveney received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. https://www.bldgmemphis.org/ Deveney Perry Executive Director at BLDG Memphis (LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/dperry3 https://www.bldgmemphis.org @deveney.p Networking Group Join We Got Problems After Dark   Our Websites https://wegotproblemspodcast.com https://curtisgmartin.com https://rhondawritesofficial.com https://thetrashvegan.com   Follow us on Social Media:  @curtismartin247  Curtis G Martin @rhondawritesoffical  Rhonda L Brown @the_trash_vegan_ Caliph Johnson Sr @deveney.p Deveny Perry #curtisgmartin  #rhondalbrown  #caliphjohnsonsr #wegotproblemsafterdark #wegotproblemspodcast #rhondabrownofficial #the_trash_vegan_ #curtismartin247 #wegotproblems #curtisgmartin #wegotproblemspodcast #wegotsolutions #CurtisGmartin #RhondaLBrown #CaliphJohnsonSr Deveney Perry #deveneyperry #Community #BuildingMemphis #wegotproblemsafterdark  #wegotproblemspodcast #Podcast #youtube #curtisgmartin #rhondalbrown #caliphjohnsonsr #curtismartin247 #wegotproblems #wegotsolutions #nonprofit #rhondawritesoffical #thetrashvegan #community #curtismartin

About the guestBrian McLaughlin is President of Enterprise Community Development, Inc (ECD) and President of Enterprise Community Partners' Community Development Division. Brian is charged with leading operations and the overall strategic direction of both organizations, as well as Enterprise Residential – the company's property management company. ECD is an owner, operator and developer of housing spanning 113 communities with a portfolio valuation of more than $1.3 billion supporting 21,000 residents. Brian has spearheaded the merger of the three legacy companies brought together to create ECD, ultimately expanding its workforce to more than 500 associates who make up one of the 50 largest private owners of affordable housing in the country and the sixth largest among nonprofits. Brian oversees a team with expertise in community planning, development, design, construction, asset management, property management and resident services. Enterprise Community Partners, ECD's parent company, is a national nonprofit that develops community-based programs, advocates for affordable housing policy and invests capital to build and preserve affordable homes.  Brian brings diverse experience in managing real estate business lines across the nonprofit, public and for-profit sectors. Brian's 25-year career also includes directly leading development of mixed-use, market rate, workforce, historic tax credit and Low Income Housing Tax Credit-supported housing. Brian began his career working in the nonprofit community development field in Boston and in York, Pennsylvania. He later served nine years at Fannie Mae across multiple positions, including as a senior asset manager and a multifamily underwriter, leading the company's short sale product line during the Great Recession, and serving as special assistant to its president and CEO where he directed the company's executive office. From 2003-2006, Brian served as an assistant secretary for Maryland's Department of Housing and Community Development, where he led the state's largest and primary division of government responsible for neighborhood revitalization programs and investments. From 2014-2018, Brian was the co-founder and CEO of Lantian Development, a Maryland-based private equity and development company where he built a $150 million portfolio that included more than 1.1 million square feet of office and institutional assets across 403 acres of land in the DC metro region.An honors graduate of Duke University, Brian also holds a master's degree in city planning from MIT and a master's degree  in economics from American University. Brian serves on the boards of the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, and has been appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as a branch board director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.Mentioned in this episodeTo find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory.Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode★ Support this podcast ★

Opportunity Day: learn to work in child care, participate in mentoring and buy a first home This week in La Voz en Breve, journalist Mariel Fiori has a show on education and family. And many opportunities! There is an opportunity for people who want to learn to work as a child caretaker or open their own quality childcare center and Estefany Umbach of Day One Early Learning Community in Poughkeepsie gave us the details of TAP. TAP (Teacher Apprenticeship Program) is an 11-week program to learn about caring for children from 0 to 5 years of age that has a theoretical and a practical component, with 3 and 5 hours of commitment per day, respectively, with a stipend of $500 per week that includes books and a final certificate. The next course begins on March 28. Interested, contact Estefany at 845-452-5392. There are also opportunities for women who need a mentor or who want to be a mentor to others and Maria Cecilia de Ferrari from Ulster County United Way Raising HOPEtold us about her own experience and how this program helps women with one-on-one conversations and with all kinds of resources in different situations. Interested in volunteering to help others or be helped with mentoring, please call Cecilia at 845-39204989. In addition, Maru González, brand manager and executive coordinator of the CEO of RUPCO, told us about the opportunities for first-time home buyers and renters. RUPCO manages Enterprise Community Partners funds by providing financial assistance to landlords who agree to keep rents stabilized for 2-5 years. Assistance funds can be applied to eligible repairs, tax hardship and back rental assistance for eligible rentals in Orange, Ulster, Sullivan and Greene counties through the Homeowner Assistance Program (LAP). The maximum grant amount per eligible unit is $15,000. Deadline to request the funds is April 1. For more information, visit the website or call 845-713-4568. RUPCO administers two grants to help first-time homebuyers purchase in Ulster County. The agency has funds available from the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation to help low-income first-time homebuyers with a down payment and closing costs, providing an average grant of $36,900. In addition, RUPCO administers an Ulster County Community Block Grant Program to help low-income first-time homebuyers purchasing residential homes in Ulster County (excluding the City of Kingston) with a down payment. , closing costs and repairs with grants up to $49,200. For more information, visit the website, or call 845-331-9860. Spanish speaking. Día de oportunidades: aprender a trabajar en cuidado de niños, participar en mentorías y comprar primera vivienda Esta semana en La Voz en breve, la periodista Mariel Fiori tiene un programa de educación y familia. ¡Y muchas oportunidades! Hay una oportunidad para personas que quieran aprender a trabajar cuidando niños o abrir su propio centro de cuidado de calidad y Estefany Umbach de Day One Early Learning Community en Poughkeepsie nos dio los detalles de TAP. TAP (Teacher Apprenticeship Program) es un programa para aprender sobre cuidado de niños de 0 a 5 años de edad de 11 semanas que tiene un componente teórico y otro práctico, con 3 y 5 horas diarias de compromiso respectivamente, con un estipendio de $500 por semana que incluye libros y un certificado final. El próximo curso comienza el 28 de marzo. Interesades, comunicarse con Estefany a 845-452-5392. También hay oportunidades para mujeres que necesiten una mentora o que quieran ser mentoras de otras y María Cecilia de Ferrari de Raising HOPE de United Way del condado de Ulster nos contó su propia experiencia y cómo este programa ayuda a las mujeres con conversaciones uno a uno y con todo tipo de recursos en diferentes situaciones. Interesadas en participar como voluntarias para ayudar a otras o ser ayudadas con las mentorías, favor de llamar a Cecilia al 845-39204989. Además, Maru González, gerente de marca y coordinadora ejecutiva del CEO de RUPCO nos habló de las oportunidades para los compradores de su primer hogar y para arrendatarios. RUPCO administra los fondos de Enterprise Community Partners brindando asistencia financiera a los propietarios que aceptan mantener los alquileres estabilizados durante 2 a 5 años. Los fondos de asistencia se pueden aplicar a reparaciones elegibles, dificultades fiscales y asistencia de alquiler atrasada para alquileres elegibles en los condados de Orange, Ulster, Sullivan y Greene a través del Programa de asistencia para propietarios (LAP). La cantidad máxima de subvenciones por unidad elegible es de $15,000. Fecha límite para solicitar los fondos el 1 de abril. Para más información, visitar la página web o llamar al 845-713-4568. RUPCO administra dos subvenciones para ayudar a los compradores de vivienda por primera vez a comprar en el condado de Ulster. La agencia tiene fondos disponibles de la Corporación del Fondo Fiduciario de Vivienda del Estado de Nueva York para ayudar a los compradores de vivienda por primera vez de bajos ingresos con el pago inicial y los costos de cierre, lo que proporciona una subvención promedio de $36,900. Además, RUPCO administra un programa de subvenciones en bloque para la comunidad del condado de Ulster para ayudar a los compradores de vivienda por primera vez de bajos ingresos que compran viviendas residenciales en el condado de Ulster (excluyendo la ciudad de Kingston) con el pago inicial, los costos de cierre y las reparaciones con subvenciones de hasta $49,200. Para más información, visitar la página web, o llamar al 845-331-9860. Se habla español.

Katie wraps up her conversation with ChangeMaker Emily Cadik, the Executive Director of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition. Emily leads advocacy to support affordable rental housing financed using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Emily's previous experience includes her time as Senior Director of Public Policy at Enterprise Community Partners, where she led policy and advocacy related to the Housing Credit and other affordable housing and community development issues.

Katie welcomes ChangeMaker Emily Cadik to the podcast.  Emily is the Executive Director of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition. Emily leads advocacy to support affordable rental housing financed using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Emily's previous experience includes her time as Senior Director of Public Policy at Enterprise Community Partners, where she led policy and advocacy related to the Housing Credit and other affordable housing and community development issues.

In the latest episode of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Laurie Schoeman, the National Director for Climate Risk Reduction and Resilience at Enterprise Community Partners. We discuss:  affordable housing and climate change; standardizing resilience in building codes; what's problematic about the subject of managed retreat; Resilience21; and a new, important FEMA housing policy change. Topics discussed: Affordable housing and climate change. Resilience should be as well understood by the public as Energy star in regard to energy efficiency. Standardizing resilience in building codes. What's problematic about the subject of managed retreat. Resilience21 – What is it and what does it do? How to distribute climate funding in an equitable way. Learn about FEMA's recent policy decision regarding long term housing. Donate to America Adapts Listen to America Adapts on your favorite app here! Facebook and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/ @usaadapts @LaurieJNYC @EnterpriseNow Donate to America Adapts Follow on Apple Podcasts Follow on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Follow/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Links in episode: https://www.climateresiliencysolutions.com/ https://keepsafeguide.enterprisecommunity.org/ https://www.resilience21.org/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/us/hurricane-ida-fema-housing.html https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/welcome-2022-toast-fresh-start-laurie-schoeman/?trackingId=KHJQKTtmTr67gKuiCfhZ8g%3D%3D https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-risk-building-forward-looking-backward-laurie-schoeman/ https://nysclimateimpacts.org/news/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/16/disaster-survivors-fema-housing-trailers-apartments/ https://businesscontinuity.enterprisecommunity.org/sites/default/files/strategies-for-multifamily-building-resilience.pdf https://businesscontinuity.enterprisecommunity.org/sites/default/files/strategies-for-multifamily-building-resilience.pdf https://keepsafeguide.enterprisecommunity.org/en/water-management-and-storage America Adapts was published in the Federal Reserve Newsletter! Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1 https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/ Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here! The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leadershttps://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight it https://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813 Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible! For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts ! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Executive Producer Dr. Jesse Keenan Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Enterprise Community Partners is a national non-profit addressing America's shortage of affordable rental homes. Enterprise has created or preserved over 125,000 affordable homes by leveraging over $6.8 billion in capital throughout Ohio. We welcomed Ayonna Blue Donald, newly appointed vice president and Ohio market leader for Enterprise Community Partners to discuss her lengthy resume from Case Western Reserve University, to Silicon Valley, through Texas, and back again. Plus, we learn more about initiatives like Lead Safe Cleveland and Cuyahoga EITC Coalition, and how Ayonna is leading her team to tackle homelessness in the region.

A 65-unit affordable housing complex in Entiat that will primarily serve farmworkers is slated to be completed by October 2022. The $20 million development was announced Monday by non-profit Enterprise Community Partners, the Housing Authority of Chelan County, the city of Wenatchee and the Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing, also known as ORFH. The Mountain View Family Housing community, on the site of a former orchard, will consist of 12 buildings, including two-story townhomes, single-story apartments and a single-story common building. Of the 65 units, 52 will be set aside for local farmworkers. Learn more at wenatcheeworld.com Support the show: https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/site/forms/subscription_services/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Green in Action podcast, host Kimberly Vermeer speaks with Dana Bourland, Enterprise Community Partners alum, founder of the JPB Foundation Environment program, and fellow Island Press author. Kim and Dana get personal about their motivations to push for healthy and equitable housing and discuss what that looks like on a community scale. They dive into the lessons from Dana's new book, Gray to Green Communities: A Call to Action on the Housing and Climate Crises. Listen in for a timely conversation about the fundamental shift in approach needed to address the housing and climate crises – from interdisciplinary thinking, bold national measures, to a strong commitment to racial and social equity. Learn more at the show notes on our website, urbanhabitatinitiatives.com

In today's episode we meet Clayton Apgar and Billy Clark, two of the most sought-after career experts in the world and recent Amazon bestselling authors of The Little Book to Land Your Dream Job. In our conversation, they share their philosophy that discovering your professional identity is the key to finding a career that is a good fit for you. They share some practical ideas on how to do that and outline a basic framework to make your professional dreams come true. Sit back and listen in as Billy and Clayton share their stories.   -------------------------   About Billy Clark and Clayton Apgar   Billy Clark and Clayton Apgar are amongst the most sought-after career experts in the world, having counseled over 5,000 professionals on job search. Billy Clark is the Founder of Billy Clark Creative Management (BCCM). Prior to BCCM, he spent eleven years building the recruiting firm Jack Kelly & Partners after starting his career in investor relations at Taylor Rafferty. A graduate of Boston College, where he majored in Marketing at the Carroll School of Management and received a minor in French from the School of Arts & Sciences, he divides his time between New York and Los Angeles, with sojourns in Europe. Clayton Apgar is a Partner at BCCM. He began his career in public relations at Enterprise Community Partners and for seven years was an actor, working on Broadway, on television and in films. For two years he was on the design team at Michael S Smith and previously led an eponymous interior design practice. He received an MFA in Acting from the Graduate Acting Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and an AB in History from Princeton University. He lives with his wife, the actress Kate Morgan Chadwick, and their son in Southern California. You can find Billy and Clayton at their website (https://littlebookproductions.com) or on Instagram (@LittleBookProductions).      

Dana Bourland is committed to solving our housing and climate crises in ways that advance justice. Dana led the creation of the environment program at The JPB Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the US. Before that, she helped create the Green Communities program (at the Enterprise Community Partners), a set of criteria now required by 27 states.Dana is also the author of a new book, Gray to Green Communities: A Call to Action on the Housing and Climate Crises, published this year by Island Press. Dana conceived it as a thank you to the imaginative, committed people working in affordable housing, but the call to action is clear, and it is for us all. “Mainstream America doesn't know what's going on in affordable housing on the green building and equity front,” Dana says. “It is within our grasp to fundamentally change the course of human history -- if we address these two crises together. We can provide housing at the rate and scale we need and address climate action.” We can do this, she says, if we all show up in a way that is accountable to communities who have never gotten the resources that they deserve.

American cities are currently faced with a two-pronged challenge: dealing with our climate crisis, and managing the lack of housing that is affordable and healthy. Our housing is not only unhealthy for the planet, green affordable housing expert Dana Bourland believes, but is also putting the physical and financial health of residents at risk, with full time minimum wage workers unable to afford a two-bedroom apartment in any US county. She argued that we need to move away from a so-called gray housing model to a green model, and she joined us to introduce a primer on what that would look like. In conversation with Grist's Clayton Aldern, Bourland endeavored to demonstrate that we do not have to choose between protecting our planet and providing affordable housing to all. Supported by her book Gray to Green Communities: A Call to Action on the Housing and Climate Crisis, she drew from her experience leading the Green Communities Program with a national development organization. With examples from green living communities across the country, she layed out the problems that green housing solves, the challenges in the approach, and recommendations for the future of green affordable housing. Don't miss this exhilarating discussion that will empower and inspire anyone interested in the future of housing and our planet. Dana Bourland (she/her/hers) works at the intersection of issues related to health, poverty and the environment. She led the creation of the Environment Program at The JPB Foundation. Formerly, Bourland was Vice President of Green Initiatives for Enterprise Community Partners, where she oversaw all aspects of Enterprise's award-winning Green Communities program including the creation of the Green Communities Criteria and Enterprise's Multifamily Retrofit Program. She is featured in and has contributed to numerous publications including the book Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy; Greening Our Built World: Costs, Benefits, and Strategies; Women in Green; Growing Greener Cities; Becoming an Urban Planner, and is included as faculty in Fast Company's 30-second MBA program. Clayton Aldern is a data reporter at Grist. A Rhodes scholar and Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow, his writing and data visualization have appeared in The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian, Vox, and many other publications. Previously, he led the data analysis and program evaluation team for homelessness programs at Pierce County, Washington. Aldern is also a research affiliate of the University of Washington's Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, and with Gregg Colburn, he is the author of the forthcoming book Homelessness is a Housing Problem. Buy the Book: https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9781642831283  Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Grist. 

Today, more than one-quarter of all unsheltered people in the United States live in L.A. County. And of all Angelenos experiencing homelessness, more than 70 percent are sleeping in the streets, or in makeshift structures, tents, or vehicles. Homelessness has always been a public health and humanitarian crisis, but the crisis has been exacerbated by the continued lack of affordable housing and the global pandemic. Policy changes and unprecedented housing investments, including Projects Roomkey and Homekey—converting hotels into housing—and the federal American Rescue Plan, haven't been able to keep up with rising evictions and housing costs. Meanwhile, the issue is bitterly dividing neighbors and becoming a source of intense conflict in local politics. And elected officials, organizations dedicated to helping unsheltered people, and other stakeholders cannot agree on whether to put their resources toward local, interim housing or creating more permanent housing solutions. What should the city do to ease the crisis right now—and are many of the quick fixes being proposed truly sustainable? What sort of civic will and capacity must L.A. muster to respond to the many different fronts on which the battle against homelessness is being fought? And how much would L.A. have to change itself—its governance system, its economy, its housing, its laws—to end homelessness in the long-term? In conjunction with the publication of new reports on homelessness from United Way and the Committee For Greater LA, UCLA California Policy Lab executive director Janey Rountree, Enterprise Community Partners vice president Jimar Wilson, L.A. resident Shawn Pleasants, Chair of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Reform Sarah Dusseault, and United Way of Greater Los Angeles Homelessness Initiatives director Carter Hewgley visited Zócalo to discuss what it would take for L.A. to shelter all its people. This panel discussion, presented by Zócalo, United Way, and the Committee for Greater Los Angeles, was moderated by Anna Scott, housing and homelessness reporter at KCRW. Read more about our panelists here: https://zps.la/3cjL6OA For a full report on the live discussion, check out the Takeaway: https://zps.la/3q4jyot Visit https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/ to read our articles and learn about upcoming events. Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepublicsquare Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepublicsquare/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zocalopublicsquare LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/z-calo-public-square

In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Roy Swan, the director of mission investments at the Ford Foundation and a national leader in the fields of sustainable finance, impact investing, and community and economic development. In this conversation, Swan describes how his childhood aspirations for a career helping people, and his decades of experience in banking, community and economic development, and sustainable finance, have culminated in his work at the Ford Foundation where, he says, “our job is all about making the world better.” Swan recalls his enthusiasm when learning in 2017 that Ford had committed $1 billion of its then $12.4 billion endowment to mission-related investing: “I thought, the Ford Foundation and Darren Walker have just moved the world.” Swan joined the foundation from Morgan Stanley shortly thereafter and has helped shape and execute its mission investing strategy, focusing on private investments that achieve market rate returns and social impact in areas of affordable housing, financial inclusion, quality jobs, and identifying diverse fund managers to deploy Ford's capital (more recently it has also expanded into biotech and health tech in the global south). Swan says that he has never been more hopeful about the future of impact investing, chiefly because we now have the data that underscore the cost — social and financial — of deep social and environmental problems (i.e., the $16 trillion lost over the last two decades in the United States to racial gaps in wages, education, housing, and investment) and the positive social benefits and economic and financial returns that come from fairness, equity, and responsible corporate behavior. Thanks for listening!Subscribe to Capital for Good on Apple, Amazon, Google, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Drop us a line at socialenterprise@gsb.columbia.edu. Mentioned in this episode: Mission Investments (Ford Foundation) Transformative Capital: How Mission-related Investing Can Deepen Foundations' Impact (Ford Foundation) Closing the Racial Inequality Gaps: the Economic Cost of Black Inequality in the US (Citi GPS, 2020) The Economic Impact of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap (McKinsey & Company, 2019) The Good Jobs Institute at MIT The Good Jobs Solution, Zeynep Ton (Harvard Business Review, 2017) About Roy Swan: Roy Swan is the director of mission investments of the Ford Foundation, where he leads the foundation's mission investments team, managing Ford's portfolio of mission-related investments (MRIs) and program-related investments (PRIs), and working to expand and strengthen the impact investing field. Before joining Ford, Roy served as managing director and co-head of global sustainable finance at Morgan Stanley. During his time at Morgan Stanley, global sustainable finance committed over $13 billion in community development transactions. Among his prior experiences, he was the founding chief investment officer of New York City's Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ), a federal initiative to bring new resources to distressed urban communities, which played a key role in Harlem's economic rebirth. He also served as CFO at Carver Bancorp, a Harlem-based publicly traded financial institution and the nation's largest African American managed bank. Over the course of his career, Roy has worked in corporate law at Skadden Arps, investment banking at The First Boston Corporation, Salomon Brothers, and JPMorgan, and finance at Time Warner. Roy serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Dalton School, Enterprise Community Partners, Low Income Investment Fund, and the Partnership for After School Education. He also serves on the advisory boards of several private equity funds. Roy received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a JD from Stanford Law School, where he was an editor of the Stanford Law Review. About the Capital for Good Podcast Presented by the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise, and hosted by Georgia Levenson Keohane, seasoned executive, award winning author, and an adjunct professor of social enterprise at Columbia Business School, the Capital for Good podcast provides a chance to hear from corporate and civic leaders about their visions, plans, commitments, and on the ground efforts to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society. Each episode features in depth and candid conversations with leaders across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors on unpacking solutions to some of our most urgent challenges. Learn more at bit.ly/KforGood.

How do all the in-between spaces in our lives – not quite public, not quite private – impact our feeling of ownership, pride & community in the spaces we live, work and play?    Join Jennifer and Max as we talk to 5 great guests – Katie Swenson, Sean Kelly, Marvell Adams, Steve Bailey, and Jude Rabig – about the importance of these in-between spaces for older adults living with dementia. First, we speak with Katie Swenson, who is a nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer, and educator. She is a Senior Principal of MASS Design Group, an international non-profit architecture firm whose mission is to research, build, and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity. Before joining MASS in early 2020, Swenson was vice president of Design & Sustainability at Enterprise Community Partners, where she led the Rose Fellowship program, recruiting and mentoring 85 fellows who are the next generation of leaders in architecture and community development. Previously, Katie served as a fellow with the Piedmont Housing Alliance in Charlottesville, VA and founded the Charlottesville Community Design Center. Next, we talk to three members of the leadership team of Kendal: Sean Kelly, Marvell Adams, and Steve Bailey. Sean Kelly, President & CEO, joined Kendal in 2008 and took on his current role in 2016. Prior to 2016, while at Kendal, Sean was responsible for fostering a culture of continuous improvement through leading and managing new opportunities for growth and evolution for Kendal. Sean came to Kendal after 10+ years working with development, finance, marketing and operations consultant to senior housing and service providers throughout the United States. Marvell Adams Jr., COO, served as Executive Director/CEO of Kendal's metro Washington, D.C.-area affiliate, Collington, for seven years, before being named The Kendal Corporation's Chief Operating Officer in October 2018. Marvell came to Collington from Rochester, New York, where he was COO/Administrator at The Highlands at Pittsford, a continuing care retirement community affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center. Steve Bailey, SVP of New Business and Development, joined Kendal's corporate staff in 2012 as Project Director and has directed major expansion and repositioning projects for several Kendal communities, including Kendal on Hudson and Kendal at Ithaca. He also has served as a key resource for planning and developing new Kendal communities, including development plans for Kendal at Sonoma in northern California in partnership with the San Francisco Zen Center. Steve's experience includes more than 30 years in real estate development and planning. Finally, we speak with Jude Rabig, a nationally recognized leader, speaker, and change agent who served as the first Executive Director of the National Green House Project. She assisted in shaping the model of care and leading the implementation of the first Green Houses in Tupelo, Mississippi. Through her company Rabig Consulting, she provides customized change consultations to help communities develop innovative strategies for change in long term care.  She has worked with scores of organizations nationally and in Canada to develop small house communities.  In addition to providing Small House consulting nationally, she also founded and leads Lifespace Senior Services based in Schenectady, NY to provide home and community based clients with support for their holistic well-being with an emphasis on thriving despite limitations or frailty. She has served in many roles including Director of the Office for Aging and Continuing Care in Oneida County New York and Professor of Gerontology at Utica College. In each of these positions she has worked tirelessly, exhibiting a commitment to fighting ageism, and championing programs and practices that support autonomy, dignity and enhanced quality of life for older adults. She is a former Atlantic Philanthropies, Hartford Foundation Practice Change Fellow, and a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Adviser. She holds a PhD in gerontology and a business certificate from Stanford School of Business.   Continue the conversation in our LinkedIn group Shaping Dementia Environments: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9044567/ Learn more about Perkins Eastman insights: https://www.perkinseastman.com/white-papers/

Emily Lundgard, Senior Director of State & Local Policy at Enterprise Community Partners gives us the rundown on the ways she believes Ohio's housing issues can best be addressed through equitable development, public funding, community programs, and partnerships throughout the state. With her long history of working in the public sector, Emily also gives her expert opinion on how Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland could best utilize funding from the American Rescue Plan to create the foundation in building a stronger infrastructure for our communities.

In this episode we tackle the question of how culture and lifestyle influences operations, policy creation, and design for dementia environments. Barbra McLendon, Eloy van Hal, and Katie Swenson share a very wide breadth of experiences on this topic, and our discussions range from highly complex public policy challenges to defining intrinsic notions of ‘home'. Our first interview is with Barbra McLendon is Director of Public Policy at Alzheimer's Los Angeles, a non-profit organization serving the Los Angeles area for over 40 years. The organization aims to improve the lives of local families affected by Alzheimer's and dementia by increasing awareness, delivering effective programs and services, providing compassionate support, and advocating for quality care and a cure. Then, we speak with Eloy van Hal who is director of Van Hal Advisors and senior managing advisor in the Be The Hogeweyk Care Concept Advisory team of the Vivium Care Group. Eloy managed several nursing homes and assisted living communities over more than 20 years before managing the former nursing home of Hogewey and eventually developing and co-founding the Hogeweyk (the Hogewey dementia village). He was instrumental in its design, construction, implementation and maintaining and improving the concept. Eloy managed the Hogeweyk from 2008 to 2015, and now works to share his knowledge and experience with others across the world by providing strategic and operational advisory service to clients in the public and private sectors. Our last conversations is with Katie Swenson, who is a nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer, and educator. She is a Senior Principal of MASS Design Group, an international non-profit architecture firm whose mission is to research, build, and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity. Before joining MASS in early 2020, Swenson was vice president of Design & Sustainability at Enterprise Community Partners, where she led the Rose Fellowship program, recruiting and mentoring 85 fellows who are the next generation of leaders in architecture and community development. Previously, Katie served as a fellow with the Piedmont Housing Alliance in Charlottesville, VA and founded the Charlottesville Community Design Center.   Continue the conversation in our LinkedIn group Shaping Dementia Environments: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9044567/ Learn more about Perkins Eastman insights: https://www.perkinseastman.com/white-papers/

Katie concludes her conversation with ChangeMaker Jacqueline Waggoner, the President of Solutions at Enterprise Community Partners. Jacqueline's promotion to President of Solutions in late 2020 coincided with Enterprise’s new five-year Strategic Plan, which organizes all of its work around three pillars: increase housing supply, advance racial equity, and build resilience and upward mobility. In part two, Jacqueline talks about what Enterprise communities looks like, how their $3.5 billion nationwide initiative will help dismantle the deeply rooted legacy of racism in housing, and the impact of the pandemic on affordable housing.

This week Katie introduces you to ChangeMaker Jacqueline Waggoner the President of Solutions at Enterprise Community Partners. Jacqueline has been with Enterprise for more than 15 years, and previously served as the head of its Southern California office. Her promotion to President of Solutions in late 2020 coincided with Enterprise’s new five-year Strategic Plan, which organizes all of its work around three pillars: increase housing supply, advance racial equity, and build resilience and upward mobility. In part one, Jacqueline shares her inspiration for working in affordable housing, the impact of climate change on housing and the goals of Enterprise's Equitable Path Forward initiative.

In the first episode of  Capital Region Catalyze, Greater Washington Partnership CEO JB Holston talks equity and inclusive growth with Matt Kelly, CEO of JBG SMITH, and Sarah Rosen Wartell, President of the Urban Institute. From housing and gentrification to Amazon and leading through a pandemic, Sarah and Matt dive into personal narratives, the history and trajectory of the region, and the glaring inequities that COVID-19 has laid bare. Hosted by JB Holston. Produced by Maribeth Romslo and Nina Sharma. Edited by Maribeth Romslo. Engineered by Micah Johnson. With support from Jenna Klym, Ian Lutz, Justin Matheson-Turner, and Colie Touzel. About our guests:Sarah Rosen Wartell is the president of the Urban Institute, an economic and social science research and policy organization whose researchers, experts, and other staff believe in the power of evidence to improve lives and strengthen communities. Previously, Wartell was deputy assistant to the president for economic policy and deputy director of the National Economic Council. She also worked in various roles at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Wartell currently serves on the boards of Enterprise Community Partners and the Georgetown Day School, Bank of America's National Community Advisory Council, and The Sadie Collective's Advisory Board. Her areas of expertise include community development, consumer finance, asset building, and housing finance. Wartell has a bachelor's degree with honors in urban affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. She has a JD degree from Yale Law School.Matt Kelly is the CEO of JBG SMITH. Prior to the formation of JBG SMITH, Matt served as a Managing Partner of the JBG Companies and was co-head of JBG's Investments Group. Prior to that, he was a co-founder of ODAC Inc., a media software company, and worked in private equity and investment banking with Thomas H. Lee Partners in Boston and Goldman Sachs, & Co in New York. Matt serves on the boards of the Urban Institute and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He is Chairman of the Board of the Medstar Washington Hospital Center and serves as an Executive in Residence of the Steers Center at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.JB Holston is the CEO of the Greater Washington Partnership, a civic alliance of business leaders with the mission to foster unity and catalyze solutions to make the Capital Region the most inclusive in the country. JB has 30 years of success as a global scale-up CEO and entrepreneur and is active in a range of civic initiatives around innovation, open government, entrepreneurship, impact investing, and media. Prior positions include Dean of the University of Denver's Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, founding Executive Director for the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network and founding CEO for NewsGator (now Sitrion). He served as President of Ziff Davis International and senior executive positions at NBC and GE after starting his career with the Boston Consulting Group. JB has a BA and MBA from Stanford University.

This week on The Real Word, Byron and Nicole discuss lead generation budget, HousingWire's media move, and Netflix's contribution to end systemic racism.  Subscribe to The Real Word Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTTMiZF0wRlmME_ap5EqfnQ Racket 1: Where do you spend money on lead generation? https://www.inman.com/2020/12/15/7-tips-for-making-your-lead-generation-dollars-go-further-in-2021/ Racket 2: HousingWire is making moves with the acquisition of REAL Trends.  https://magazine.realtor/daily-news/2020/12/15/housingwire-eyes-media-dominance-with-real-trends-acquisition Marketeer: In an effort to help combat systemic racism in the real estate industry, Netflix will donate $25M to Enterprise Community Partners.  https://magazine.realtor/daily-news/2020/12/15/netflix-to-donate-25m-to-combat-racism-in-housing Connect with Byron Lazine + Nicole White on Instagram:
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In this final episode of the first season of Together for Change, StriveTogether Executive Vice President talks with Enterprise Community Partners about housing and education. StriveTogether communities are working across housing and education to improve outcomes for young people and families. Hear examples from Memphis, Tennessee and Racine, Wiconsin.

Architect, affordable housing expert, and leadership cultivator Katie Swenson joined MASS Design Group early this year, after years at Enterprise Community Partners, where she expanded the Rose Fellowship, bringing design expertise into collaboration with communities. While Katie was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard GSD, she asked: “What role do love and kindness play in urban design?” Love is also at the core of Katie’s two new books (Schiffer Publishing, 2020). In Bohemia: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Kindness, which Katie wrote following the death of her partner, is also about architecture, history, and home. Design with Love: At Home in America, chronicles the work of the Rose Fellowship, uplifting these collaborations.

LinkedIn has been used to network and promote professional work. However, you can still add your personal touch and authenticity within your LinkedIn posts. A Social Media Leader, Digital Content Creator, LinkedIn Master, Director of Content & Digital Media at Enterprise Community Partners, Mandy McIntyre,    Takeaways: Don't be afraid to let your personality shine through on LinkedIn. Share the development and emotions behind a project you are working on.  There is power in sharing insight or happenings behind the scenes. If you want engagement with others then try giving them your thoughts on the subject or ask questions. Telling an experience or stories about yourself on LinkedIn. This helps promote your authentic self rather than simply giving tips on how to overcome or master the topic. Be more open to others opinions and comments on your content. They could have a point of view you haven't thought of or this could be an opportunity to challenge their thought process. Career advice: Start thinking about and exploring the things you are passionate about early.   Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandymcintyre/ Enterprise Community Partners: https://www.enterprisecommunity.org Quad Meets: https://www.quadmeets.com   Busted Myths: You do not need to be perfectly polished and buttoned up if you are a leader on social media. Show that you are an actual person.    Ways to Tune In: iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show/id1338838763 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1vVLpNI1LssMTiL6Kdsamn Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Im7mytmu2wa2mekhoeixlja5hpe?t=The_Hard_Corps_Marketing_Show YouTube - Full video - https://youtu.be/5sS0gFxuh1c

Katie Swenson is a nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer, and educator. She is a Senior Principal of MASS Design Group, an international non-profit architecture firm whose mission is to research, build, and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity. Before joining MASS in early 2020, Swenson was vice president of Design & Sustainability at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., a national nonprofit that invested over $43.6 billion in community development. She founded Enterprise’s National Design Initiative, directing the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute, the Pre-Development Design Grant, and the Rose Fellowship. The Rose Fellowship partners emerging architectural designers and cultural practitioners with local community development organizations to facilitate an inclusive approach to development resulting in sustainable and affordable communities.  A prolific writer, she released two books in the fall of 2020: Design with Love: At Home in America, and In Bohemia: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Kindness, both by Schiffer Publishing. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Architecture from The University of Virginia. Katie was also a Harvard University Graduate School of Design Loeb Fellow in 2018-2019, and has taught at the Boston Architectural College and Parsons School of Design at The New School and lectured extensively on sustainable community development and affordable housing.  

BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE Eve Picker: [00:00:10] Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing. My guest today is Heather Hood, VP at Enterprise Community Partners and Market Leader for Northern California. Heather works to ensure low- and moderate- income residents have access to affordable, quality housing in Northern California. She's written influential pieces on housing issues, helped to create technical assistance programs and co-chaired Oakland's Housing Cabinet. Heather believes there are a few reasons why we are in the affordable housing pickle we are in. NIMBYism has failed us. Construction costs and the cost of land have soared. We need to permit higher density. And it takes far too long to get permission to build a building – the production line needs to be sped up, dramatically. You'll want to hear more.   Eve: [00:01:13] Be sure to go to EvePicker.com to find out more about Heather on the show notes page for this episode, and be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small Change.   Eve: [00:01:40] Hello, Heather. I'm just delighted to have this opportunity to talk to you today.   Heather Hood: [00:01:44] Well, thank you, Eve. It's nice to be here. Good morning.   Eve: [00:01:47] Good morning, well, midday for me, but good morning to you. So, you're working on perhaps one of the most difficult challenges of our time, affordable housing in California. And I was hoping we could start talking about how our real estate industry has failed everyday people. And why is there such a huge gap between housing available and the need?   Heather: [00:02:14] Ah, well, I'm not really sure ..   Eve: [00:02:18] It's a difficult first question.   Heather: [00:02:18] Yeah ... it's a complicated one to unpack. I want to back up there a little bit and question that it's the real estate industry that has failed the population. I think we've all failed. And we do not have enough homes for the population. And that's just a simple question of math. There are millions of people who need homes, but we've grown, in our state and with our economy, with jobs, too much and too fast without having a housing production keep up with it. So, that's got our whole system out of whack. We don't have enough housing at any level of affordability, and especially for low- and moderate- income people.   Eve: [00:03:02] Yeh.   Heather: [00:03:03] The way that that has happened, really ... the reason I was questioning your frame that it's the real estate industry is because there's been many proposals all around the state for housing to be built, in the last 30 years. And our population, especially homeowners, have resisted letting it be built. And so that NIMBYism, "Not In My Backyard," has crimped our production line, construction line, to the point where we're choking now without enough housing.   Eve: [00:03:34] So, really, we've failed ourselves, right?   Heather: [00:03:38] We failed ourselves. We failed to see beyond that thing we, some of us may not have wanted on the end of the street. And we thought, oh, it's going to cause traffic or change the character of the neighborhood or invite too many kids into our schools or whatever it was. We, the big We, were nervous about it, and wouldn't let it happen.   Eve: [00:04:00] So, one of the key things going wrong is, is NIMBYism. And, you know, I thought for a long time developers were really focused on building housing for particular markets. Like, you see a lot of these platform projects with small one-bedroom studio apartments aimed at millennials, that isn't ... you don't think that's part of the problem?   Heather: [00:04:25] Sure, I think that there are multiple problems within the big problem. The big problem is we don't have enough housing. And the construction costs have gotten so darn high with fees and materials and labor and so on. Cost of land, because land is at such a premium, that our private developers feel forced into figuring out how to squeeze the most profit out of each piece of property. And one of the ways to do that is to have the smaller and smaller and smaller units.   Eve: [00:04:57] Yes.   Heather: [00:04:58] And that only meets one segment of the market. And in addition, there's been a push to have lots of amenities, and those tend to get expensive. Dogwashing stations and roof decks with heat lamps and, and jacuzzis, and those sorts of things to create the edge for a particular property, to entice those segments of the market ... They, are targeted. So, it's, in short, called luxury housing. In some parts of the world, it would simply be called regular middle-income housing, but because it's in such stark contrast to low-income housing that is not subsidized and tends to often be poorly maintained, it appears to be very luxurious. In fact, it is barbells, different types of housing types, it's a big problem. We're not building anything, enough in between.   Eve: [00:05:49] The missing middle, right?   Heather: [00:05:50] Well, I'll call it the missing middle. But to be clear what I mean of the middle is a pretty darn big middle. I mean, most people between 80% to 150 ... I mean, the middle of between 30 percent of the area median income, up to 200 percent of median income, a big middle.   Eve: [00:06:06] That's a very big ...   Heather: [00:06:07] A big doughnut hole there.   Eve: [00:06:08] Yeah.   Heather: [00:06:09] Yeah.  Tough to build all of that.   Eve: [00:06:12] What's it going to take to correct course, I was going to say, take to correct these things, but I'm just going to say, you know, to correct course.   Heather: [00:06:23] There are a myriad of things. I think the first of, to, for the zoning, to allow for higher density. And some time limit on how long projects can be held up. And conversely, some better process for stakeholders to be able to influence the outcome. Right now, there's just kind of this, you know, this rote and very legal ... process that doesn't invite much conversation or compromise. So, I, something in the zoning. We need to do something about the construction costs, and maybe the answer there is manufactured housing. I hope so, because a lot has been invested in that direction. It also would mean conceiving of projects as being a mix of unit types and income types, where we might start to see some cross-subsidy from the pretty big profit that does, actually, end up being made off of these risky projects, and cross-subsidizing some of the lower income living. Either through getting that to a housing trust fund in the city or county, or by including affordable units.   Heather: [00:07:35] So, that would help ... I'd also emphasize something that our industry probably will start maturing and leaning into, which is the preservation of existing buildings that are affordable. So, where there are, especially near transit or other sorts of neighborhood amenities, there are small, medium and large properties that will likely, in the next economic downturn, be for sale. And that's a really wonderful opportunity for publicly-motivated entities, whether they're cities or nonprofit developers, to purchase them and renovate them, make them that much healthier and permanently affordable for the folks who live there now. That would help a great deal with the displacement challenges. And that sort of technique is cheaper than building new construction. We can leave the new expensive construction to the, some affordable housing developers and the so-called luxury housing developers.   Eve: [00:08:36] Makes a lot of sense. Do you know of people or organizations that are taking these course corrections? I mean, we've all heard about ADUs, which is one way of mixing the market. Right? But that's only one little way.   Heather: [00:08:53] Yeah. I'll mention a couple that I've worked with. One is East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation. It's a community development nonprofit developer in Oakland, California, who has been purchasing properties where people live now. These are once-dilapidated apartment buildings with 30 or 60 units. Or sometimes, in the case of one portfolio, scattered around the city, a very different, small and medium properties that they bought from existing owners, maybe they were kids who wanted to get out of the inheritance of owning ... different stories. And they've been renovating them, bringing them up to code and working carefully with the residents to help them figure out where to live for a little bit of time while the renovations are getting done. And then they end up being much more handsome properties, and less blight in the neighborhood, and appreciated much better by the tenants who know that they can stay.   Eve: [00:09:53] Well, I'm sure, yeh.   Heather: [00:09:54] That's one organization. There's another one called the Oakland Community Land Trust. And land trusts actually are doing this more and more. These are, tend to be smaller organizations, like, one to five staff, who tend to be buying just one little building that's maybe got a cafe on the ground floor and two units above, or a few single family houses in the neighborhood as they come available. This is something where the land remains in the holding of the nonprofit organization and the building itself gets owned by resident or commercial owner. And they've been looking for those kind of opportunities for a good while.   Eve: [00:10:34] Yeah, OK, this is, it's an organic process that looks like it's going to take a while to correct course. I mean, that's in California. I don't know if it's happening anywhere else.   Heather: [00:10:47] Of course ... New York is much more mature as an industry in what we would call preservation. You know, in the three P's: producing housing, preserving affordability or protecting tenants. The second 'P' is, of preservation, is a more mature technique in other parts of the country. But I think we have the potential in California to shift our industry to add this technique at a much bigger scale to our toolkit. And now is the time to do that.   Eve: [00:11:18] Interesting.   Heather: [00:11:19] Yeah.   Eve: [00:11:20] So, what about financial institutions? You know, what sort of role are they taking? I mean, this is an especially difficult time to find financing of any kind. What are you seeing in that, aside from your own organization?   Heather: [00:11:37] So, that's along the lines of things that could shift to change the outcome?   Eve: [00:11:42] Yeah, I mean, along the lines of, you know, are there financial institutions that are taking a stake in this affordable housing problem and shifting more funds towards it, making it easier to borrow money for that type of project, any of the above.   Heather: [00:12:00] Yeah. So, many of us are. I work at Enterprise Community Partners, and that's what we wake up and do every day, is finance policy and technical assistance. On the financial team, whether it's a nonprofit community development financial institution like ours, or others, or a bank, I think what this moment in our history has done is sort of rattle the, you said, you know, what we've got to do is take more quote unquote, risk, in projects. So, there's an, what they call underwriting, which is to figure out if the proposal of a project makes financial sense, if the borrower has the chops to carry it out. There's a safety net that's been built in so that if things that could go awry, there's a cushion. And all that is in the interest of making sure, and the various investors will eventually get their money back, and the project gets done and people get to live there. There, in the underwriting process, there are scores for risk, and in order to get a development done in a, in certain geographies, that would be quote unquote risky, or cities that are quote unquote risky. For some developers who are newer to the stage, especially new affordable housing developers, just ... naturally some scrutiny, but we could probably all relax just a bit to make sure that more projects can flow, and the dollars flow. And I'll have to say that this moment is forcing the financial industry to really look at itself and see that back to the 60s and 70s, the financial institution, through redlining and blockbusting, really made it their version of risky. It's what was quite racist and is what led to creating some of the marginalization that you see in neighborhoods today that are hot neighborhoods. So, it takes some responsibility, sort of an interesting form of reparation, to see to it that the neighborhoods get a much better chance and the people in them get a much better chance to determine their fate and develop ...   Eve: [00:14:17] Right.   Heather: [00:14:18] ... as they would like them to.   Eve: [00:14:20] So, it's going to take some fairly major shifts in a variety of industries to really solve this problem. And then, you know, I wonder what the role of government is in all of this. I mean, zoning definitely has cramped everyone's style, but ...   Heather: [00:14:37] Yeh. Government can do a lot. My perspective on government, and it's not all government, so I am going to make a .... but I'll just make a generalization. That through various tax codes, especially in California, Prop 13, we've, through those sort of ... larger policies, we've forced government, local government, to be looking for those things that would create tax bases. So ... wanting commercial private development, because that's where you get taxes in order to do the things that cities want to do, take care of parks, take care of public works, ensure safety and services, and summer camps and all that kind of good stuff. So, the cities are forced to have to find that through commercial development, and to dissuade residential development, to some degree. So, different cities have responded in their own way to that reality. But if we had a different tax code and cities were not forced into that kind of cattywampus position, they could get back to balancing the various interests, whether they be mission-oriented or private interests.   Eve: [00:15:53] Interesting.   Heather: [00:15:54] Yeah, so they wouldn't have to be sort of pretending to have this, putting lip service to the public good, but having, in to order to execute on that, do a lot of gymnastics, which capitalism ...   Eve: [00:16:08] So, This problem really runs really deep, doesn't it?   Heather: [00:16:11] Yeah, it does. We can talk at the surface level, but that's what really, let government be government, for the people and all the people, of all the, with all the interest.   Eve: [00:16:22] Right. I want to shift gears a little bit and just ask you about yourself, because I noticed that you trained as an architect, like I did. And then as an urban planner. And I'm just wondering what prompted that shift?   Heather: [00:16:35] Oh, well, I'd love to know your story, too. But I'll tell you mine. It's a little bit of a long story. I'll try to make it short. I wanted to be an architect since I was a little girl. I loved designing and spatial relations and 3-D things. And so we drew little floor plans for fun, starting on summer vacation, because my parents wouldn't let us watch TV. And then it just kind of grew into admiring buildings where I grew up in Philadelphia or on trips that we were lucky enough to take. I got to go to architecture school twice, because I was sure that's what I wanted to do, except that when I practiced it, interning or working in ... positions at architecture firms, it really seemed as if the architects were the last ones called ...   Eve: [00:17:26] Oh yeh! Absolutely.   Heather: [00:17:28] ... the early 90s and mid 90s, and I just thought, now wait a minute, I don't want to be the last one called in, you know, when you're under 30 as an architect, you tend to just be sitting at a CAD machine. So, I thought, well, this isn't the life I want. As much as I love my colleagues and the buildings, and the construction process and all that good stuff, I just love it. I mean, I'm looking from my window right now and I see five cranes in the air and I just love watching buildings get built ...   Eve: [00:17:55] Yeah.   Heather: [00:17:55] ... just love it. Endlessly entertaining. So, I happened to be at UC Berkeley and I walked down the hall at the College of Environmental Design from the architecture to the city planning department to sign up for a course. And it was, I think it was Women and Planning, and Betty, Professor Betty Deakin, was teaching it and she just had other women from the field – landscape architecture, architecture, industrial design, city planning – come in and ... I got really jazzed about city planning. I thought, oh, this is what I want to do, I just didn't know what to call it.   Eve: [00:18:32] Yeah.   Heather: [00:18:33] I wanted to make neighborhoods in cities with wonderful buildings for people, and then, ok, that's called city planning. So, it was as simple as that.   Eve: [00:18:42] Yes.   Heather: [00:18:42] Got to go to Berkeley for a couple more years and chase that dream.   Eve: [00:18:48] And then you shifted into finance. Sort of.   Heather: [00:18:51] Sort of, yes. I was lucky enough to work for UC Berkeley doing campus planning. Mostly on the urban, off-campus urban side, and then to be on some boards that were involved in things that affected social justice in cities. And was lucky enough to get to work on an initiative called the Great Community Collaborative, at, based at the San Francisco Foundation, which was a really wonderful way to work with 25 organizations and 14 funders to figure out how can we in the Bay Area make sure that there's higher density and more community benefits surrounding our transit nodes in the region. And that takes a lot of organizing and envisioning and technical stuff. And so we banded together to make that happen, and I got so excited about that. It was hard, but wonderful sorts of people, and important wins along the way. Except I got into it long enough to know that if there wasn't money for what was being planned ...   Eve: [00:19:51] Yeah.   Heather: [00:19:51] ... that things were not going to happen.   Eve: [00:19:55] Yes.   Heather: [00:19:55] It was great to make sure that the density was approved by city council, or that more affordable housing would be built in a place, or that in the building there would be a minimum number of jobs. And that's all great, except if there wasn't the financing in place to, underpinning that, there, things would be stuck. And so, I just thought I've got to learn how this works and pursued a job at Enterprise, which was the only organization that was a financial institution that I wanted to work for, because ... I shared the values and I loved all the things they did around the country, and I was incredibly fortunate to have been hired to take that job. That was the moment. And I'm still learning a lot about financing, right? Endless amounts to learn. I'm not all the way there.   Eve: [00:20:47] Yes.   Heather: [00:20:48] It's going to take the rest of my life to really get it.   Eve: [00:20:51] Well, I always think that architects are uniquely trained to think through challenges. In architecture school we're trained to take an idea and to turn it into something, and I, in a very creative way, and I can't think of another profession where you can really quite do that. So, I love to see architects kind of littered across the landscape in different roles because I, I also think architecture schools fail our students. The students who need to understand that they have so many more options because they have such, I think, special training.   Heather: [00:21:25] Yeah.   Eve: [00:21:25] I actually started as an architect and then went and did a masters in urban design at Columbia, for similar reasons. I was really fascinated by cities more than iconic buildings, and I wanted to know how cities sort of worked together. And when I moved to Pittsburgh, I worked for a planning department as an urban designer, and loved that job. But I worked for an architect for a while and always felt like, you know, we were at the end of everything. There I was sitting doing stair details, whereas, you know, I really wanted to understand how you did development projects and put it together. So, I went to slightly different route and started doing my own projects, and figuring out financing and, and yeah, it is all about money. Unfortunately.   Heather: [00:22:15] So, you became a developer?   Eve: [00:22:16] Yeah, I became a developer. And then when, and then when the funds dried up, they sort of shifted after the Bush administration and the bank meltdown, I sat back and sort of tried to figure out what to do next and then launched Small Change, really, this real estate crowdfunding platform to fill in those pieces of financing that I think are so important to creating new ideas in the physical landscape. They're the ideas that generally are not financed. So, anyway, this is way too much about me.   Heather: [00:22:56] Oh, no, it's fascinating. I love hearing how people make decisions to curl into the next ... especially when I think of younger generations as I mentor people and people call and ask, what should I do next? Which, I'm not sure how to think about this, and there's a great deal of worry people have about ...   Eve: [00:23:14] Oh, there are so many things.   Heather: [00:23:14] ... Yeah. Or they start off their career, and how do I get from here to there? And the truth is, everybody's career is fairly curly.   Eve: [00:23:21] It is curly, yeh.   Heather: [00:23:22] And you don't really know the best path from here to there. You might change your mind.   Eve: [00:23:28] Yeh, and you should enjoy the journey, you know.   Heather: [00:23:29] Right, us planners have to be more relaxed with improvising. I certainly am learning that.   Eve: [00:23:35] Yup. Certainly, there was a period when I really worried about people looking at my resume and thinking, she can't stick to anything. You know?   Heather: [00:23:44] Uh huh.   Eve: [00:23:44] I think that time has passed. And I think now, you know, people are in jobs for much shorter times because there's really a much wider array array of opportunities, which I think is really fascinating.   Heather: [00:23:57] Yep.   Eve: [00:23:58] Thanks for sharing that. I wanted to ask you, what do we need to think about to make our cities and neighborhoods better places for everyone?   Heather: [00:24:07] Oh, goodness, that's a (laughter) really big question.   Eve: [00:24:11] Well, in terms of, even financing, you know, how can we make places more equitable and better places for everyone? Because we know that's, we're far, far from that, right?   Heather: [00:24:21] Yeah. Well, I had the good fortune of studying in Denmark and living in Copenhagen for only six months in 1988, but I have never forgotten it.   Eve: [00:24:30] Oh, lucky you.   Heather: [00:24:32] Yeah. Yeah. I was supposed to go back this May, just for ... and I can't because of COVID, but absolutely in love with the Scandinavian way thinking about this. Where you've got big taxes and they carefully pour them back into the public realm, in both services and in the physical landscape. And so what we have here, it seems like we just think in terms of, maybe, you think of all the properties as being separate, and maybe there's some design codes and zoning codes that keep things what we think is harmonious, but we still think of them as separate. And the only thing that ties things together is the streets. And did you do know that about 25 percent of most urban landscapes is streets. And in suburbs, even more.   Eve: [00:25:15] Oh, yeah. And they're very highly occupied by cars, instead of pedestrians.   Heather: [00:25:20] Yeah. So those are the things that hold us symbolically, if you think about that, that cars and concrete and, or not concrete, asphalt is what ties all these things together. And that doesn't set the mood the right way. So, if we thought of these places as for everyone and we put much more emphasis in the public realm, that would be a really good start. But what do we want to put there? Asking the people who are there and really listening to them and learning from other places. And getting ideas and making trade-offs and so people don't think that they're going to get everything, but make conscious decisions about what they prefer. I think that would be a great way to start. In order to execute we need those public dollars. Goodness gracious, I don't even know, 10 times the scale that we have now, to, to have that. Yeah.   Eve: [00:26:10] People have spoken about that. If you think about the Open Streets program ... I launched an Open Streets in Pittsburgh, and it's been wildly successful. People just love it. That is a lineal park for one day a month. It really should be a lineal park the whole time. But they flock to events like that all over the country, all over the world, and that's kind of speaking to what people want, right?   Heather: [00:26:37] Yeah, well, when I took my son to Disneyland, I was fascinated at how much Disneyland had so much public space and walkability and water features and cafe-like settings. And I find it fascinating that we are, as a culture, willing to pay enormous amounts of money to have that experience as if it's an entertainment, rather than to pay enormous amounts of money into our own environment, to have that same sort of actual feeling on a daily basis ... with the Open Streets and the way that cafe culture has come back and outdoor beer gardens have come back, where you can see that there's a hunger there. I think we just haven't quite figured out how to go beyond the property line.   Eve: [00:27:28] Yeah, but Copenhagen sure has.   Heather: [00:27:31] Oh yeh.   Eve: [00:27:31] Get easily run over by a bike there. A beautiful city.   Heather: [00:27:36] I love it.   Eve: [00:27:37] One other questions, what community engagement tools have you seen that have really worked?   Heather: [00:27:41] Oh ...   Eve: [00:27:42] You talk about really listening.   Heather: [00:27:44] Yeah. So, Eve, I'm calling that into question myself and I have seen people demonstrate what's possible using apps, for stakeholders to put in their preferences, or to note where there is a click it – fix it, kind of, I see a pothole or speed bump problem or whatever, or a tree is dying ...   Eve: [00:28:04] Yes.   Heather: [00:28:05] ... those things seem pretty good.   Heather: [00:28:08] Admittedly, my planning thesis in grad school,1997, was about how planners could engender democracy through better participation. And I had a particular angle on how that could happen, which was making sure people had the information that they need, and a forum for conversation and decision-making. I stand by that, except I don't know what the best technique is. I've been searching for that for over two decades. It is not an evening meetings ...   Eve: [00:28:38] No, for sure.   Heather: [00:28:38] ...in a dank community room with somebody with a mic and people sitting in cold chairs with cold food and no child care and no language translation, listening to somebody say here's, responding to a plan that's already been pretty well baked. It's not that. It's not endless council meetings that go until 1:00 in the morning. You know, there's a private organization that I've been inspired by, called SUDA it's the developer Alan Jones and Regina Davis, who are doing a really interesting project in West Oakland. And to hear how they got community feedback was really interesting because it wasn't necessarily these meetings. It was spending a good deal of time, and I mean years, in a community like West Oakland and listening to what people were saying on the streets and going to barbecues and churches and hearing what it was that was on people's minds, and forming relationships with people more in the immediate surrounds of the West Oakland BART where they're going to be doing four blocks of development. So, that they were building up a sensibility for what the community said it wanted and building the trustful relationships to then eventually present an idea, and respond to that in an iterative basis. So, something along the lines of actually really listening, and taking your time with it, and not just doing an app, but some face-to-face activity seems to be on to something.   Eve: [00:30:22] Yeah, yeah. That's a lot of work for tiny developers. I think, you know, we've got to figure out something better.   Heather: [00:30:29] Well, the city planners who are doing the neighborhood planning or the district planning could be doing a lot of that over time and then let the smaller developers who are filling in hear all about it, take the time to do that.   Eve: [00:30:44] Yeah, I'm hoping that equity crowdfunding can play a little role too, because you know my platform, anyone over the age of 18 can invest, and I think if people can have a stake in development in their own neighborhoods, that's certainly what I learnt in Pittsburgh, that people wanted to have a stake. So, it doesn't have to be very big. It's just, meaningful.   Heather: [00:31:05] Yeah.   Eve: [00:31:06] And then someone else talked to me about 'power mapping,' which I thought was really interesting as well. An interesting idea to kind of understand where the power in a neighborhood lies and talking to those people, and really, I suppose, I'd want to say enlisting their help, but that, it's like almost like a pyramid, reaching everyone in the neighborhood. I thought it was really fascinating.   Heather: [00:31:31] There's 'power mapping,' and there's 'em-power mapping.' Because in the power mapping we tend to want to go to the people who hold the power to make the shifts and create the influence we need. But we also have the opportunity to figure out, well, who doesn't have power who should.   Eve: [00:31:47] Oh, I think all of that.   Heather: [00:31:49] Yeah, yeah, it's hard to do. All of this takes a great deal of time, and in our lives when everybody's rushing to get things done. Like we all do ...   Eve: [00:31:59] Yes.   Heather: [00:31:59] Or rushing to sort of make sure that things are going to pencil out. It's very hard to slow down a little bit and do that, although it can really go a long way. I'm excited about the crowdfunding you're talking about. I mean, at one level, real estate always been crowdfunded, it's just bigger chunks and formal legal entities, and to have it available to the individuals. It sounds so neat and interesting, I can't wait to see it where it goes. It also seems like we don't learn about design, often, or construction, or how cities are made or all the systems that go into that, in our American school system. And so, kinda no wonder we haven't really built up a sensibility for it. And I'm thinking that maybe through crowdfunding, people will feel more connected to whatever it is that they have invested in.   Eve: [00:32:46] Perhaps. It requires a lot of education, but I suppose everything does. So, what's next for you? I mean, the big project, that you can talk about or anything that's got your interest at the moment.   Heather: [00:33:00] Well, I have a team of about 15 people in the Northern California office at Enterprise. We have, typically we have a San Francisco office and a Stockton office, but right now everybody's home. I am excited to have, to work with such a great team and we've organized ourselves around a couple different big principles. And so just getting to organize ourselves and be clear about that is important. And we have two things. One is strengthening community resilience, and the other is building sustainable neighborhoods. So, one is about making sure that we're sort of holding ground in neighborhoods and help people figure out how to stay where they are, if they want to stay. That's through renter protection work or preservation work, like we talked about earlier. And work in public housing, and then also in resilience, and by that I mean both community resilience in a cultural way but responding to all these disasters, the fires and earthquakes and all the stuff that is happening in California. So, it's sort of having gotten clear with the team about that's what we're about. In that body of work it's about strengthening community resilience in a myriad of different ways. And then the other part is creating these big new systems. Like, I'm really excited that my team and I had this idea that there really ought to be a regional housing entity, that the little city, the many cities just don't have the bandwidth or chops and finances to execute that they mean well to do for affordable and market rate housing. But at the regional scale it makes more sense. And so feeling very, very happy that this has been accepted by the state legislature and the governor and we're actually doing it here in this region with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and ABAG.   Eve: [00:34:46] That's fabulous.   Heather: [00:34:48] Yeah, it is. And it's just a fantastic group of people who really want to see it happen. So those things are exciting for me. I also think that there's something exciting happening, in general, which is that maybe one of the silver linings of this awful pandemic that is so awful for so many people. And it's ... going to bring down potentially our whole economy. In all of that ...   Eve: [00:35:16] Yes.   Heather: [00:35:17] ... we might get a chance to rethink zoning and think about how, you know, you can't shelter in place if you don't have shelter. Therefore, it's in all of our self-interest to really make sure that everybody has a home. So, I'm excited that maybe this has been a real wake up call that will help my industry hurry up and figure out how to get out of our own way and make sure that people are not homeless and people have safe places for their souls to rest that they can call home.   Eve: [00:35:52] Yes, I think that's a really exciting end, and I really enjoyed our conversation, and hope your work meets great success and I'll, I'll be following it.   Heather: [00:36:03] Thank you, Eve. It's really nice to hear your story too.   Eve: [00:36:16] That was Heather Hood. She's fully immersed in the affordable housing crisis, working to help solve it in Northern California. Heather believes that NIMBYism has failed us along with zoning, too. We need to permit higher density to fill the need, and it takes far too long to get permission to build a building. The production line needs to be sped up dramatically. Heather's also astonished that we'll spend a fortune visiting places like Disneyland, where we can enjoy walkability, but we won't spend that on the places we live in. I'm right there with her. You can find out more about Impact Real estate investing and access the show notes for today's episode at my website EvePicker.com. While you're there, sign up for my newsletter to find out more about how to make money in real estate while building better cities.   Eve: [00:37:18] Thank you so much for spending your time with me today, and thank you for sharing your thoughts. We'll talk again soon. But for now, this is Eve Picker signing off to go make some change.

Do you ever wonder how can we socially connect and still be safe? What is the role of the design of the physical spaces around us? What strategies could work for both you, and perhaps your loved ones living in senior housing? In Episode 9 of the Shared Space podcast, I sit down with Patricia Gruits of MASS Design Group to explore synergies between designing for COVID-19 and designing for social connection with a special focus on senior living. Patricia shares findings from her recent report “Designing Senior Housing for Safe Interaction The Role of Architecture in Fighting COVID-19”. Understanding the toxic health effects of loneliness, her team identified ways to help people safety connect. We explore how to design for joy, hope, and connection rather than fear. Not ignoring the dangers, but rather finding the synergies in these. Patricia is a Senior Principal & Managing Director with MASS Design Group, a leading not-for-profit design firm, where she leads both design and research projects in health, education, and equity. Her work has been featured in journals of architecture and design as well as on the BBC World News and the Discovery Channel. She has lectured and taught design across the nation. Patricia has a Bachelor of Science and Master’s in Architecture from the University of Michigan, a program that is well known for their integration of purpose driven design and research that continues to inform her approach today. Link to the abbreviated transcript of our interview will be here soon: https://www.erinpeavey.com/sharedspace To learn more about Patricia & The work at MASS Design: Patricia Gruit's Bio at MASS Design Portable Light Project: The Portable Light Project enables people in the developing world to create and own energy harvesting textiles, providing the benefits of renewable power as an integral part of everyday life. Links from topics and projects mentioned during our interview: Green House Project: A different way to design for aging at scale Research on how Green House project homes have fared through COVID-19. Spoiler alert - Green House Project residents have fared much better than other types of skilled nursing. Designing Senior Housing for Safe Interaction: Link to Full Report on MASS Design. The team (excerpt from report): MASS Design team members, Patricia Gruits, Katie Swenson, and Regina Yang -- who led the development of the senior living COVID-19 guide. This guide and its design principles were developed through research and focused conversations with leaders in affordable housing development, operation, and design. We are grateful to Jennifer Molinsky of the Joint Center for Housing Studies; Emi Kiyota, founder of IBASHO, for their partnership and to Alma Balonon-Rosen, Massachusetts Housing Partnership; Susan Gittelman, B’nai B’rith; Carrie Niemy, Enterprise Community Partners; Jane Rohde, JSR Associates; and Enterprise Rose Fellows Peter Aeschbacher, Sam Beall, Nick Guertin, Yuko Okabe, Kelsey Oesmann, and Jason Wheeler for their experience, consultation and review. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erinpeavey/message

Matt is a strategy, innovation, and business development executive with deep experience in housing and community development, finance, and urban policy. He has a track record of creating value and revenue growth through discovering and conceiving new ventures, business planning, managing cross-sector teams, deal-making, and supporting entrepreneurship with a core focus at the intersection of technology and housing. His career experiences in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors support a deep commitment to civic engagement and problem-solving for the common good that brings disparate parties together.Matt founded HousingTech Ventures to invest in early-stage companies with tech-enabled solutions that have the prospect to increase housing availability, attainability, and affordability. With over 20 years’ experience building businesses in the housing and technology sectors, Matt most recently served as Vice President of Innovation for Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., a national real estate financial services platform serving the affordable housing sector. In that role, he built an investment portfolio of HousingTech companies and led the launch of an online impact investing brokerage.His previous experiences include serving as a policy advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and running a federal interagency taskforce on e-commerce; providing business strategy and policy consulting to high-tech and startup companies as Vice President of E-commerce at Infotech Strategies; and co-founding and running a real estate development company in Baltimore, Maryland. He currently serves as an UrbanTech advisor to Dreamit Ventures, an Ivory Innovations Fellow, and member of the Multifamily Operating Standards Assessment & Improvement Council. Matt has served on numerous non-profit boards and currently chairs the real estate finance committee of Benedictine Programs & Services, which helps children and adults with developmental disabilities achieve their greatest potential and is undergoing a $40 million campus transformation.He is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government (MPP) and Brown University (BA).00:28 Who is Matt Hoffman01:57 Why is proptech defined so differently?02:59 Real estate's impact on society04:47 Evolution of the industry06:01 Why is proptech important?08:25 Market forces11:13 Changing capital forces12:21 Force of equity and social justice14:21 How Covid-19 impacts the future15:35 Wet, Dry and Scrub encounters

Bart Harvey, through lessons learned from his visionary mentor—the late Jim Rouse—has dedicated his life to empowering communities by using housing and community building to level the playing field for our country's most underserved populations. Bart helped take Jim’s early idea for Enterprise Community Partners and grow it into a billion-dollar organization that reinvests its economic success into the communities that need it most.

BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE. Eve Picker: [00:00:13] Hi there, thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing.   Eve: [00:00:19] My guest today is Thibault (Tee-bo) Manekin, the founder and CEO of Seawall Development. Seawall is rolling out the red carpet for teachers. They are building high quality, affordable housing, which in itself is a big task. Layer that with the inclusionary design process they employ and the fact that they are creating this housing by restoring large and stunning vacant buildings and seawall is altogether fantastic.   Eve: [00:00:55] Be sure to go to evepicker.com to find out more about Thibault on the show notes page for this episode. And be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small change.   Eve: [00:01:15] Hi Thibault, I'm really excited to talk to you today.   Thibault Manekin: [00:01:20] Hi Eve, I'm excited to talk to you, too. Thank you for having us.   Eve: [00:01:23] It's a pleasure. So, you started your company by building quality, affordable housing for teachers, and that's a really targeted mission and I'm wondering what led you to this work?   Thibault : [00:01:36] Yes, I probably have to go back a little further than that. When I first graduated from college at around 21 years old, I helped, with two buddies, we started an international non-profit organization called Playing for Peace. It's called PeacePlayers Today. And the idea is that we would go to war-torn countries and we would use sports to get kids from two sides of a conflict, meet each other, finding common ground and eventually becoming friends. So, we raised about eight thousand dollars and was enough to get on a plane to Durban, South Africa, at the time, where we were going to try to get, use sports to get black kids and white kids post-apartheid meeting each other, finding common ground, becoming friends. And it had an amazing run with that organization, really grew it to be quite international. We had a program in Northern Ireland with Protestant and the Catholic kids, Cypress, the Middle East, with Israeli and Palestinian kids.   Thibault : [00:02:36] So in all of my travels with PeacePlayers, one of the reoccurring things that I continued to notice was that real estate had done more to tear us apart than bring us together, especially with my experience in South Africa, seeing what the apartheid government had done with townships and informal settlements. And then, as I would make trips back to my home city of Baltimore, seeing the negative effects of redlining. So I came back, I think it was around 2006 and I asked my dad, who's a hero of mine, to go out to dinner and I pitched this idea of starting a company, a real estate company, but with the idea of really reimagining the real estate industry all together so that everything that we did used buildings and the built environment to empower communities, unite our cities and help to launch really powerful ideas. You know, I had seen the impact of reimagining the sports industry to bring people together, especially young people, and I wanted to do more with it. And if real estate was indeed the most powerful connected industry on the planet, then truly reimagined, there'd be the opportunity to bring people together in ways that possibly hadn't been done before.   Thibault : [00:03:53] So, we launched this company. And, you know, we had an amazing dinner conversation around what we were going to focus on first. And my dad did spend a long time in real estate but was really passionate around education. And he had done a ton of listening to all of these new teachers and first year teachers that were showing up to Baltimore, maybe for the first time, and were having a really tough time figuring out the city. Figuring out where to live, figuring out who to live with, figuring out their classes and jumping into arguably what's the hardest profession on the planet, educating the future generation. He basically was like, there's a great opportunity to continue to listen to this community of educators and provide them what they're asking for, which at the time was collaborative, affordable, well located, funky housing that would take the mystery for them out of where to live, provide them the ability to live some place special with like-minded people, which hopefully, over time, would translate to them agreeing to stay in the classroom for longer, falling in love with education, falling in love with our city of Baltimore, and maybe even making a permanent investment in buying their own home once they had a better lay of the land and been able to save some money as a result of staying in one of our projects.   Eve: [00:05:20] So, basically really supporting the pool of teachers who serve our city and, our cities, and really can't afford to live in them anymore.   Thibault : [00:05:29] That was the idea behind it. And we coupled it with a similar thread that we'd been listening to, which was that there were all of these non-profits focused on kids and education and supporting the school system. Programs like Teach for America and Playworks and Wide-angle Youth Media and Baltimore Urban Debate League. They were spread out in dozens of buildings all over Baltimore all essentially doing the same kind of work around kids but with no ability to really deeply collaborate. And so, these non-profits who focused on kids and education and come to us and said it would be amazing if we could all be located under one roof, if we could share resources and have free conference rooms and training facilities that we don't need all of the time but that we need throughout the day at different times. And so, our first project ended up becoming called the Center for Educational Excellence. We've always looked for a cooler name than that but that's the one that's kind of stuck. And it was a adaptive reuse of one hundred thousand square foot collapsing old factory building that got turned into about 40 apartments for teachers and thirty thousand square feet of collaborative office space for the non-profits underpinning the success of the school system.   Eve: [00:06:43] That's a pretty big project to tackle for a first project.   Thibault : [00:06:46] It was funny. Yeah, we look back on it and, you know, when we first started the company, which is called Seawall, we weren't sure if it was ever going to make it. And we had kind of said that we would, you know we'd been listening to teachers for so long, we'd probably buy a little four-unit row home and converted it into four apartments for teachers and that would be the first thing that we would do, which would probably cost four or five hundred thousand dollars. And our first project ended up costing 20 million dollars and we had no business taking on a project of that scale. And, you know, we can get into the movement that came as a result of it and what really propelled us forward. But that was, yes, that was our first project.   Eve: [00:07:31] How do you involve teachers in the process of creating these buildings? You've done three now, right? Three for teachers, is that correct?   Thibault : [00:07:39] We have, we have. So, everything that we've ever done has been built inside out. And what we mean by that is that we start with the end users, the people that are going to be living and working in our buildings. It's important for us that they have a sense of pride, of authorship and ownership in what's getting created. So, we start out by deeply listening to those people that are going to be occupying our spaces. And we let them drive the direction and the program of the space. We don't ever pretend to have any of the answers. Our job's to be quietly behind the scenes, asking the questions that held their thinking forward in a way that results in a finished product that makes them really proud and allows them to be more successful in whatever it is that they're doing.   Thibault : [00:08:29] So in the case of the teachers, we assembled a group of, a focus group of about 10. We walked them through the collapsing building as we first bought it. They worked with our design team over the course of twelve months to design every square inch of their apartments. We let them pick their own amenities they needed like a resource center in the building that had access to copiers and laminating machines and staplers and hole punchers, so that they could plan their lessons within the building and not have to run out to Kinko's in the middle of the night. We did the same thing with our non-profits. We let our teachers choose their own rents based on the salaries that they had and what felt like an affordable rent for them to be paying. And we really spent a ton of time with both the teachers and the non-profits from day one, letting them design what is their building.   Thibault : [00:09:19] I want to add something to that, because there are two other levels that we really focus on. As important as the teachers are, and whoever the end user is for any specific project we're working on, equally as important is the community that we're working with that. At the end of the day, they're the ones that have been staring at these dilapidated, collapsing old buildings and it's critical that they have a seat at the table in helping to shape what those new buildings are going to get turned into.   Thibault : [00:09:50] One of the things that developers are famous for, kind of going into a community and telling the community what they're going to get, and we take the complete opposite approach. In the case of the first teacher housing project, we went to our first neighborhood association meeting, introduced ourselves and explained that a bunch of teachers and non-profits had this idea of creating the first Center for Educational Excellence and that the building that seemed to be a good fit for that was this one building in their neighborhood. And they loved the idea. And for the most part, everyone was thrilled.   Thibault : [00:10:24] And I remember this one young man stood up and raised his hand, kind of defiantly, at the end of the meeting as if he was going to oppose the project and he, he said look, as great as this is, what you're missing is a little cafe or coffee shop on the corner of Howard and Twenty Sixth Street, which is where the project was. And there is no decent place to get a fresh sandwich or a good cup of coffee in this neighborhood and that would be an amazing thing if you guys could figure out a way to program a cafe into the corner there. And then he continued to say that if we brought in a Starbucks that they would throw rocks through the window at night when we weren't there, that it was really important that it be locally owned.   Thibault : [00:11:06] So I'm sitting there, and I think that what this guy is suggesting is a terrible idea. The corner of Howard and Twenty Sixth Street is, at the time, was not a corner that anybody would feel safe walking to. We had programmed a two-bedroom apartment for a teacher to go in, for teachers to go in there. And that seemed way less risky than putting a coffee shop that we really had no control over and just didn't feel like a retail type of location. But the community had spoken up and everybody kind of clapped and applauded and thought that it was a great idea. And so, we listened, and we took out the two-bedroom apartment, made space for a little thousand square foot coffee shop that ended up being one of the most powerful things that we did.   Thibault : [00:11:50] A local co-op started. They called themselves Charmington's, and they opened up this rad little cafe that just was the place to meet in the community. It was the place to have a affordable cup of coffee, to come and chat, big communal tables and just a really beautiful vibe. So inspiring was this little cafe and the co-op and ownership behind it that, jeez, I guess, five or six years ago I was in it and unannounced, President Barack Obama showed up to speak with the owner and they had been working on something together and it was just such an inspiring moment. And it kind of goes to show the power of giving up control of the perceived ownership and authorship of a project to the end users in the community and the momentum that that can build in a project, especially a really complicated project coming to life.   Eve: [00:12:54] So, and I suspect it did more than just give something to the community. It probably added something pretty spectacular to the teacher community, having that.   Thibault : [00:13:03] Yeah, yeah. Charmington's was amazing. You know, they committed to opening up at 6:00 a.m. so that the teachers on their way to school in the morning could stop and get a cup of coffee. One of the things that our management team is, we ended up setting up a property management company to manage every one of our properties because we've interviewed all these third-party property management groups and it felt like if you were about to have a baby, or had a baby, and you were going to give it to somebody else to raise. Like, nobody was going to love it as much as we would. And so, we set up this property management company. One of the things we did is, once a month at like five thirty in the morning, we would post up at the entrance and exit to the building and we'd be there with Charmington's coffees and muffins and bagels and fruit. And we would, like, serve the teachers a cup of coffee and we'd walk them to their cars with their books if they had too much to carry and just kind of send them on their way with like a big hug and a warm smile and a fresh cup of Charmington's coffee.   Eve: [00:14:03] That's a very nice story. So, I have to ask, every developer has stories about putting in an amenity like a roof deck that everyone says they want and then no one uses them, right? So, did that, has that happened at all? The teachers who were involved and the amenities that were requested, have they been used?   Thibault : [00:14:26] Yeah, so look, so the amenities include like fitness centers and lounges and free gated parking. The one amenity that's evolved is the idea of a resource center, right? The room where the teachers can make their, plan their lessons and photocopy. When we first built the building in 2008 or 2009, when it opened, teachers were still going to Kinko's to make photocopies of their lessons. The evolution was that the classroom got more digital and people stopped making photocopies and printing hundreds of pages to hand out to students. And as that trend started, the need for the resource room, for the most part, went away entirely.   Eve: [00:15:19] So amenities evolve, right? And needs evolve it's pretty fascinating. Going back to something you said earlier, which was that you allowed tenants to basically choose their own rent. How did you fill the inevitable financing gap? Because you can't possibly restore a building like that and provide affordable housing without some sort of, I suppose, funny money, right?   Thibault : [00:15:44] Yes. This is a beautiful story and really a learning moment for us. You know, we had set off to do a project that would cost about five or six hundred thousand dollars to start. And we kept striking out. And eventually, a friend of ours pointed us to this collapsing old factory building that was way past our ability to wrap our heads around at the beginning. And we worked with the teachers and they told us what their rents needed to be. And the non-profits the same thing. And then we kind of backed into how much debt we could afford. And so, the number based on the net operating income was that we could afford about six million dollars’ worth of debt. And we went out and had a architect and contractor help us figure out what it would cost to build, this being our first project. And the price tag came back at 20 million dollars, all in for the project. So, we had a 14-million-dollar gap in our capital stack, which to most would have felt insurmountable but we were so driven by this, this movement of providing amazing space for the people doing the most important work in our cities that we were never going to give up on it.   [00:16:54] And we called a good friend of ours from Enterprise Community Partners, Bart Harvey. Enterprise was the brainchild of the late Jim Rouse, A total urban visionary. And we toured him through the building. Most of the people who we toured throughout the building told us we were crazy and that the idea would never work. And we toured Bart through the building and we went out for coffee afterwards and we told him about this fourteen-million-dollar gap and he said, Guys, I know just what to do. You're in good hands now.   Thibault : [00:17:25] And I'll never forget that moment. He started to tell us about Historic Tax Credits, which is a program that for every dollar you invest in keeping a historic building, rehabbing it, the federal and state government give you a tax credit for that which turns into actual equity into the project. There is also something called the New Market Tax Credits, which we knew nothing about, which encouraged commercial investment in low income census tracts. And so, Bart starts telling us about all this and he starts making introductions around the country. And before you know it, the phone's ringing off, ringing off the hook with all these great community-driven lending institutions who want to be a part of the first Center for Educational Excellence. And with Bart's help and Enterprise's help we ended up closing that gap with all of those tax credits. We were still short about a million and a half dollars and we went to the city and state and just pled with them of the importance that this project had to the education community and to the neighborhood that it was going to be located in. And they collectively came up with that last million and a half dollars of, you know, fairly soft money. Certainly, we would owe it back at the end of the day, but the terms were super flexible. It allowed the building to, kind of, really ramp up and stabilize. So, when you kind of have the vision set for you, as hard as it's going to be to get there, there's always a way to push it forward. And it was an incredible learning opportunity for us around really not giving up when things got complicated and pushing forward. no matter how challenging the situation was.   Eve: [00:19:18] Yeah, I've done projects like that, they're extremely challenging but very fulfilling. So, have you been able to stick to the choose your own rent mantra? Like, what happens now that the building, I suppose the first building, is stabilized?   Thibault : [00:19:30] Yeah. I mean, look, for sure, you know, the first building's been a great success as a result of that and I'll say, I will point out that when we started leasing the property, the entire building was fully leased nine months before we finished construction. And by the time we finished, there was a waiting list of over 300 teachers waiting to get in. There was clearly a demand for it. I mean, I think that was driven by all these teachers spreading the word and have it go viral organically.   Thibault : [00:20:03] You know, we've got this crazy developer that let us choose our own rent and pick our own amenities. He's building this brand new building for us, it will probably never work, but if it does you've got to get in. And as a result of, kind of, the collective success of the first projects we got invited to do another one in Baltimore, and then we were asked to replicate the model in some other cities across the country. And yeah, across the board, we've held our rents low for teachers. They've certainly crept up. it's been kind of maybe 12 or 13 years since the first project was completed. But we've actually had to artificially freeze the rents, even though expenses continue to go up, to remain committed to the teachers and what seems affordable to them.   Eve: [00:20:49] And so how many units have you built to date?   Thibault : [00:20:52] I think we've probably built around 400 apartments to date.   Eve: [00:21:01] OK, a hefty number.   Thibault : [00:21:02] Yeah, it's a huge number considering where we started. You know, the original goal was to start off a little four-unit apartment buildings.   Eve: [00:21:11] Very different.   Thibault : [00:21:11] We've ended up doing about three hundred million dollars of really transformative, collaborative real estate projects over the last decade.   Eve: [00:21:20] So I have to ask, is there another group of needy tenants that you'd like to serve beyond teachers? It's really interesting because I see that the very targeted mission has actually helped market the projects for you.   Thibault : [00:21:34] Yeah, look, we get a lot of requests to figure out a way to do some sort of similar housing for nurses, right. And first responders and police officers, many of whom can't afford to live in the districts that they're working in. And we've been evaluating that over the years. I think one of the things that's been really fascinating to us is the impact of retail on communities and especially locally owned small businesses that reflect the demographics of the neighborhoods that they're in, or not. Small retail, especially in today's e-commerce world, is increasingly challenging. And finding really creative ways to provide space for these social entrepreneurs and small businesses to take real risk and to get their ideas out in the open is something that I think is really critical, a critical next step and something that we're really studying very closely.   Thibault : [00:22:44] We've done a couple projects around that. And the more we learn and the more challenging we understand it to be, the more inspired we are to figure out ways to continue to push that forward.   Eve: [00:22:57] So what other projects are you working on right now? I think I read somewhere, a market building that you tackling?   Thibault : [00:23:04] We organically happened in to the food hall world. We don't like to think of it as a food hall. About five years ago, a group of chefs in Baltimore approached us and asked us to do for them what we had done for teachers, which was to provide collaborative plug-and-play space at affordable rents where they could focus 100 percent of their energy and attention on what they do great - cooking, good food - and leave the, like, back-end side of running a restaurant to us. And we launched a project called R. House (R period House). It was incredibly successful, and we had 10 chefs open up. We had over 100 chefs apply for the 10 spots and we really looked at ourselves as a launchpad, not as a food hall but a launch pad for creating community and for helping chefs launch really inspiring ideas.   Thibault : [00:24:03] As a result of the work that we did with that, of the success of that project, we were invited to apply for RFP for the redevelopment and really the saving, of the oldest, longest continuously running public market in the country. A project called Lexington Market in Baltimore City that at one point was the place to be in Baltimore. My dad tells stories of taking the trolley down there on Saturdays with his father and literally, you didn't start a weekend before showing up at some point at Lexington Market. That area where Lexington is in, has suffered from significant disinvestment and it's really a shell of its former self and the market was at risk of closing. And so, we responded to the RFP with this idea of, on a citywide scale, doing the deepest listening that we've ever done and helping to breathe a new life back in, in essence, transforming Lexington Market into something that would work for the entire city of Baltimore. It's the largest, most complicated, riskiest project that we've ever taken on. But it's also the most soul fulfilling one that we've ever done. It literally checks every box of things that interest us as a company. And it's pushed us so far out of our comfort zone that the amount of learning that we're doing on a daily basis is so inspiring and I keep telling everybody that asks about it and I keep reminding our team that it's impossible that we're going to get this right the first time, even with the deepest listening that we're doing. A project of this scale and magnitude is going to continue to grow organically. Our job and our role is to set it up, to evolve to be what all of Baltimore expects it to be and wants it to be as they close their eyes and dream of what this project should be.   Eve: [00:26:08] It sounds pretty fabulous. I cannot wait to visit it. When I travel, the local market is always the first place I go because I think it's kind of the life and heart of every city. They’re always fascinating places, I think, so it's really great to hear that it's being revived. Have your plans for housing or housing amenities or the market changed at all with the pandemic? That's a tough question, but I'm going ask - it's a pretty tough time.   Thibault : [00:26:36] It's a beautiful question. We think about it and we talk about it every single day. The challenge with the pandemic is that a plan you make one day is no good by the time you wake up the next morning just because, like, everything is changing so rapidly. I think we're in a really fortunate place because all of the work that we've done has been around providing affordable, kind of, workforce, discounted apartments. And I think there will always be a need for that product.   Thibault : [00:27:11] We are watching it really closely. We're trying to wrap our heads around how we can be even more helpful and supportive in these rapidly changing times, especially as it relates to how people live and interact with each other. But we don't have any of the answers yet, and we're just continuing to ask the questions that help us wrap our arms around what role we can play in that.   Eve: [00:27:35] Yeah, I worry very much about places like the little coffee shop surviving this and I have a number of tenants myself and I've been, sort of, we've been limping through this disaster trying to figure it out. So, it's a big question but let's move on to something happier and that is like, you know, what's your big hairy goal. Where are you going with all of this?   Thibault : [00:28:00] Yeah, look, a lot of people ask us that question for me and for us it's somewhat simple, right? Like, our goal and the work that we do is almost 100 percent driven by the communities that we work in. We want real estate to put the power back into the hands of the communities. So, this neighborhood where we did our first project for teachers, the neighborhood's called Remington in Baltimore City. As a result of the relationship that we formed with the community associations that are there, they came up with this master plan of other things that they wanted to see happen in their community.   Thibault : [00:28:41] And we worked with them, we did a lot of listening and we've slowly but surely been chipping away at that master plan. We've helped to bring the first bank to the community. We've helped to bring the first pharmacy to the community. We've helped to bring the first dry cleaner to the community, the hair shops and hair places, the gyms. And all of it's been done in an incredibly inclusive way where we've just, kind of, continued to ask what else, what else could serve you guys and what else do you guys think that you're missing?   Thibault : [00:29:14] So in large part, our work's been driven by the communities that we're in and the cities that we're in and what they collectively think that they're missing. And what role real estate and what role our company Seawall can play in helping them realize their dreams.   Eve: [00:29:30] It sounds like you're having fun. I have to ask; do you think socially responsible real estate is necessary in today's development landscape?   Thibault : [00:29:40] I don't know that necessary is the right word. I think mandatory should be the right word, especially with how quickly the conversation has been changing and especially with how aware we all must be around the inequalities that real estate has spread throughout our communities in our country. To sit on the sideline and pass blame on previous generations for how things are and hope that somebody else is going to fix it, is no longer an option. Now, more than ever, we are fully aware of it and we all have a responsibility to ask what role we can play in helping communities, especially disenfranchised communities, use real estate and buildings to help them achieve what it is their they're after.   Eve: [00:30:35] Yes. So, are there any other current trends in real estate development that you think are most important for the future of our cities? Maybe things that you're not working on?   Thibault : [00:30:48] Look, I think transportation is such an important part around the real estate and urban planning conversation and the cities that have gotten it right, and who are getting it right, are the ones that we all need to look to. Without adequate and exceptional public transportation, so much of this work that we're all doing is just going to have its growth stunted. And I think that's one of the most important things that cities and urban planners need to be thinking through, is exceptional public transportation.   Eve: [00:31:28] Of course, that's shifting rapidly at the moment too, with the pandemic. So, we don't even know really what that will look like. But perhaps the ideal is that, you know, the next time you build a building for teachers, they won't need to have on-site parking. They'll have transit that can get them to their jobs. So, whatever that looks like. Yeah, I totally agree with you. And what community engagement tools have you seen that have worked best? It's always very difficult for most developers to contemplate how to engage a community.   Thibault : [00:32:09] Look for us, it's been really important to come into a community as neighbors and not guests. And we've lived our entire professional career that way. And I think that's really one of the differentiating factors around connecting with communities. Not just, kind of, coming in and being one and done, but spending real time there, sitting on people's front porches and stoops and listening to what it is that they want. Those are the really important lessons that we've learned along the years, over the years, as we've worked in the communities where we have.   Eve: [00:32:52] Yeah, I can see that. It's perhaps not part of the original job description for a developer, but it's certainly a really important one. So, I have one final question, and that's what's next for you?   Thibault : [00:33:08] We've been asking ourselves what's next for us for some time now, and I think that conversation has been amplified given what's going on in the world around us. One of the things that we're really aware of is the unintended consequences of successful development. You know, when we set out to do the first teacher housing project in that neighborhood of Remington, fully supported by the community, it was all high fives and hugs. And then when we worked with the community to start to chip away at their master plan to bring in all of these resources in retail and apartments and office space, all kind of things driven by the neighborhood, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars later, that little, somewhat forgotten community had become one of the premier destinations and places to be in the city. And as a result of that, the gentrification conversation became very real. And one thing that we're really aware of is that we cannot run from it. We are responsible for it. And in hindsight, as well-intentioned as we were, we would have done more from the very beginning to make sure that if the neighborhood succeeded, people that had lived there for generations, the legacy residents, would never be displaced. And there's been incredibly hard lessons learned along the way.   Thibault : [00:34:43] And so, our mandate, and one of the things that we think so much about today, is now that it is what it is. It's not too late. And how can we creatively work with the community to continue to find ways for them to attain their development goals? But in a way that is going to really limit displacement and make sure that nobody's ever kicked out of their store or their office or the home that they lived in for decades. And that's really hard work.   Eve: [00:35:18] It is, it's really hard to balance.   Thibault : [00:35:21] Yeah, it's really hard to balance and it's incredibly vulnerable. But it is something that we're committed to and as we approach new communities and new projects, we're even more aware of it going in at the early stage so that we can plan and get ahead of it if the development projects succeed.   Eve: [00:35:21] So, do you think, I mean I think about this a lot too, do you think government has a role in this?   Thibault : [00:35:44] Yeah, I'm hesitant to pass the blame on to...   Eve: [00:35:49] I'm just saying, you know, by the time a community is feeling the pain of gentrification, it's too late. It's over, right? So, I think a lot about what you could put in place decades before to encourage good development and investment in neighborhoods that need it, and safeguard people who are already there. It's hard to think about. But I think you have to think about a long time before you show up.   Thibault : [00:36:19] You do. And you interviewed a friend of mine, Brian Murray, in Philadelphia that's done things a little bit of the opposite way as us with Shift Capital. They went in and bought millions of square feet of projects with the idea of having gotten in early enough, bought it at the right price, and being able to have the community involved every step of the way as the neighborhood starts to meet its goals.   Eve: [00:36:47] And controlling real estate so they could control what happened to it, right?   Thibault : [00:36:51] Yep. You know, ours has been a little bit of the opposite. We've just been kind of, like, piecemealing things together totally unintentionally, just driven by what the neighborhoods wanted. But as a result of that, and it'd success, now other landlords are taking advantage of the rising tide and not doing it in an inclusive way that honors the people that have been there forever. So, it's a little too late, it's hard to buy anything in that community and invest in it in a way that would keep it affordable. And that's the challenge.   Eve: [00:37:28] It's a huge challenge. I'd love to know what strategy you come up with for your next community. I think it's a really important challenge because not doing anything is bad too, right? These communities need investment because they're disintegrating, and they haven't been invested in for a long time and then when you invest, you become an unhappy player in the gentrification game, which is not what we intend, right Very difficult.   Eve: [00:38:00] Ok, well, thank you very much for this conversation. And I'd love to hear what you're doing next. You're tackling some really huge projects, and I really appreciate what you're doing.   Thibault : [00:38:13] Yes, thank you so much. I've enjoyed listening to some of your past episodes, and it's certainly a little bit of a niche market but you're asking all the right questions. And I've enjoyed learning from your past guests over time so keep up the great work!   Eve: [00:38:29] OK, thanks, Thibault. You have a really great day. Bye.   Thibault : [00:38:32] You too. Thanks so much.   Eve: [00:38:45] That was Thibault Manekin, Seawall believes in reimagining the real estate development industry. They want the built environment to empower communities, unite our cities and help launch powerful ideas. Seawall's projects tackle three things. First, they want to save large, historic and blighted buildings. Second, they want to create affordable communities with rents that are customized to pay checks. And finally, they strive to be inclusive in the communities they work in.   Eve: [00:39:19] You can find out more about impact, real estate investing and access to the show notes for today's episode at my website evepicker.com. While you're there, sign up for my newsletter to find out more about how to make money in real estate while building better cities.   Eve: [00:39:36] Thank you so much for spending your time with me today. And thank you, Thibault, for sharing your thoughts with me. We'll talk again soon but for now, this is Eve Picker signing off to go make some change.

BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE. Eve Picker: [00:00:17] Hi there, thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing. Eve: [00:00:24] My guest today is Katie Swenson. Katie joined MASS Design in 2020 as a senior principal after having worked for many years on affordable housing with enterprise community partners. There she was, a vice president of Design and Sustainability. Her role at MASS, a design practice that embraces issues of economic and social equity, is to help them to define Mass Version 2.0. Eve: [00:01:06] Katie's career has spanned both arts and design, from comparative literature to modern dance. When she finally decided to attend graduate school, she chose architecture as her discipline. And that's when the magic really started to happen. "It allowed me to become a community-based architect," she says, "one who brings ideas to the local level and works with the city and community to make things happen." Eve: [00:01:37] Be sure to go to evepicker.com to find out more about Katie on the show notes page for this episode. And be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small change. Eve: [00:02:00] So hello, Katie. Thank you so much for spending some time with me today. Katie Swenson: [00:02:04] So glad to be here. Thank you, Eve. Eve: [00:02:07] I'm really fascinated. You've built a career around this question: How do we create an equitable, sustainable, affordable city? And I'm just wondering how you would answer that very big question. Katie: [00:02:20] Yes. Thank you for that question. How do we create an equitable, affordable, sustainable city and communities, I would say, as well. Eve: [00:02:30] Yes. Katie: [00:02:30] You know, my work has taken me into communities mostly across the United States, both large cities and small cities, rural communities and tribal communities. And I think at the base of everything that we've been trying to do is to understand how people can create lives for themselves and their families that give them the opportunity to become and be the people that they want to be, to live lives with purpose and dignity and have the resources and abilities to contribute to the world at large and to their families. So I think that has to happen and in all kinds of environments, certainly so much of the focus of both the sort of economic engines as well as a lot of the environmental work has been around densifying cities and creating cities as urban centers where so much of our work and life can happen. But I think it's also important to understand the broad spectrum of communities that we have throughout the United States and understand that we need to address critical issues around housing and jobs and health and education resources for everybody in the country. Eve: [00:04:01] Basically, one one size does not fit all, right? Katie: [00:04:04] You know, America is much more diverse, I think, than we necessarily give it credit. I've had the incredible opportunity over the last dozen years to really travel quite a lot throughout the United States. And last year, I partnered with a photographer named Harry Connolly and the two of us have been working on a book that we called 'Design with Love at Home in America'. And we went and revisited 10 of the communities where we've been working in partnership for many years with local community development corporations. And the experience kind of re-revealed for me how diverse America really is, from border communities to very rural tribal communities. We worked in geographic diverse locations from the Mississippi Delta through Yakima, Washington, which is sort of the breadbasket of America for produce and fruit production, through inner cities in Baltimore and elsewhere. So, I think one size does not fit all in some ways and in other ways, of course, there are so many common themes that unite best efforts throughout the country. Eve: [00:05:33] Yes, I think about one size does not fit all, I immediately think about, you know, the very typical residential project that developers will build, which really seems to be one size for all. And what you're describing is something very much more diverse. Katie: [00:05:53] Yeah, I think that communities need to grow to reflect themselves. That's the essence of place-based attitude towards building MASS Design. We have talked too often about the provenence of a building. You think of, let's say, wine that comes from a certain region and is grown from a certain type of soil. And buildings and communities also have the opportunity to be grown from their place and to be designed, really, in concert with the values and ambitions and aesthetics and goals of the people who both are responsible for creating them and then will live and grow their own communities. So, yes, I think it's really important to understand that diversity is not an abstract goal, but is the result of, sort of, expression of an environment and that of people and community values that create something that's unique and individual to a place. Eve: [00:07:09] Yeah, I love that thought that a building has a provenance. I think that's great. So, the question of the architect's role within community has sort of continued to grow and change in recent years, but I don't think it's fully formed yet. And how would you like to see that role continue to evolve? Katie: [00:07:28] You know, through our work with the Enterprise Rose Fellowship program, we've learned a lot about a role that an architect can play in local communities. So, just to give a little bit of context, I worked for almost 15 years at Enterprise Community Partners. Back in 2001 to 2004 I participated in a program called the Enterprise Rose Fellowship Program and as an aspiring architect, I was partnered with a community-based development corporation. And the goal was to bring an architect or designer on to the development team of a community development group. The Community Development Group could use the resources of a dedicated designer, and the designer would be able to learn the ins and outs of not only affordable housing development, but also community engagement processes and the regulatory processes that contribute to the creation for affordable housing. So, over these past nearly 20 years, Enterprise has partnered 85 Rose Fellows with community-based groups, and it's been an incredible privilege to be able to witness the growth that has happened through these partnerships. Each one has looked very different. In all cases, there are definitely some sort of underlying values. The architects who are attracted to this work and who succeed at it are generally very humble people who approach the work with the desire to uplift, first and foremost, the goals of the community, but also have to be able to be both brave enough and resourceful to bring the best resources from the architectural and design communities to sort of bear in the local work. So, it's been wonderful to watch these relationships and partnerships grow over time, and each one has resulted in very different kinds of outcomes. Eve: [00:09:49] Do you want to give me some examples? What should a community architect be thinking about that's perhaps different than a rock star architect might be thinking about? Katie: [00:09:58] Absolutely, I'd be happy to share a few examples. I think I would start back in the early days, maybe in 2001, when David Flores was partnered with a community group in San Ysidro, California, called Casa Familiar. A local non-profit that is now about 50 years old and has been working as a kind of community organizer in San Ysidro for many years, helping families navigate life on both sides of the border and provide affordable housing and other community development resources in San Ysidro. And David Flores was a member of my class of fellows, so we both started work in 2001. At the beginning, David started building what he called Casitas, small houses along some of the alleys in the historic part of San Ysidro. But I think he quickly started to realize what the larger challenges that families were facing at the border, including, of course, the border itself. And as the San Ysidro land port of entry has expanded and increased its, I guess, militarization of the border process for crossing, it also took up more space and land space in the community, more energy and also, because of the long wait times to cross the border, was creating environmental effects from stalled vehicles. So David, not only has been working as the design director at Casa Familiar, he was there for almost 20 years working to oversee the development of affordable housing in the neighborhood, but he also joined, for a time, he led the Planning Commission efforts and he got involved in the design and planning of the border control station so that it would be more receptive and welcoming to pedestrians and people crossing each way. And he got involved in environmental studies and testing air quality in the region. Katie: [00:12:16] So I think that architects and designers like David show that an architect's job is not only on distinct projects, that, absolutely he's been involved in helping to realize some very beautiful pieces of architecture including a project which just opened recently that Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman designed for Casa Familiar, a longtime project in development. But that these building blocks of housing and libraries and parks also need to be knitted together into a larger point of view and larger ability to help a community, as a whole, feel supported and able to grow a family's life and capabilities in some of the most stressful, you know, environments that we have here in the country. Eve: [00:13:16] That's a lovely story. So, I'd really love to hear about how you came to be such a powerful advocate for equitable cities and communities and where did that passion come from? I think you started life academically in a very different place by the sounds of it. Katie: [00:13:32] Yes, I was asked recently who one of my architectural mentors was and, as a child, and I said my mom and the response was one of surprise, actually, and I thought it was so interesting because my mom was a professional, but she was also a home maker. And I've been thinking about these words, not homemaker, one word, but home maker, maybe two words. And I think in many ways, I grew up with a very strong attachment to home, the idea of home, the physical reality of home, how both the design and feeling of your home as well as the stability and platform that your home kind of provides you is just a critical piece of this formation of who you are. And I think in high school, while I had a very stable and wonderful home, I also had the chance to volunteer for what started as a month engagement and ended up being a little over a year and a half at a homeless shelter in Boston. And I think that in the mid-eighties, when homelessness was starting to, kind of, take hold of America and we had, kind of, a high point in the mid-80s, I realize now that actually has not dissipated much. So for me, as a high school student, sort of understanding this dichotomy, not just the power of my own home and what it meant for me, but what happens when you don't have a home and how slippery a slope it becomes and how quickly life can fall apart without a stable home. So I think that this has guided so much of my passion for my work and while it hasn't necessarily been a linear path in terms of my career, I studied comparative literature as an undergrad and I have spent time as a modern dancer and I've done a lot of different things throughout my life, but some core essence around the importance of home and making homes, making my own home and making homes for others has been something that has driven me as long as I can remember and to this day. Eve: [00:16:12] You also sound like you've had a lot of fun. And, you know, I think people have this idea that your life should be linear. But I think, you know, all of those interesting things that you've done must surely feed into what you do now and the way you look at the world and I love that idea. I wanted to talk a little bit about the pandemic as well. It's taken me a while to get my brain around it, but I'm starting to think about what does it mean? And what does our world look like when and if it comes to an end? And if it wasn't already bad enough, the affordable housing crisis just got a lot worse with the onset of the pandemic and many people losing their jobs. And I don't even know how to begin to think about how the U.S. can tackle this monster problem and I'm wondering if you have any thoughts about that. Katie: [00:17:04] Oh boy. Well, I wish I could say that I was able to get my mind around what this is going to mean for all of us. I think we're still in this period of profound uncertainty. And I am really grateful for the wide-spread activism that I've seen from the housing community, first and foremost, on protecting renters and working to stop evictions and understand that that's one critical base of all of this is, again, I guess, the importance of having a home right now. We talk about stay at home, right? Stay at home. Eve: [00:17:43] If you don't have a home, how do you stay at home, right? Yeah. Katie: [00:17:47] Oh, my goodness. I mean, that means very different things for different people. And the importance of home has maybe never been so, kind of, revealed, right? I heard Governor Cuomo talking about the subways in New York, ridership is down 92 percent and they were going to start to close the subways in the mid-morning hours because many people were in many ways taking up residence on the subways. Eve: [00:18:16] Oh wow. Katie: [00:18:16] So this kind of crisis around home, whether it's becoming increasingly unaffordable because you're out of work, whether it's a place that is not safe, perhaps. I mean, not everybody is living at home in a safe environment or you have no home. So, we think this moment, certainly we all want to, kind of, understand what is the future of, you know, our public transit system, what is the future of our work spaces, what's the future of the restaurant and food industry? There's so many questions, but I think one of the most elemental questions is going to have to be what is the future of our housing policy and are we going to use this moment when it could not be more clear how important it is, both for each of us as individuals and for all of us as a society, to be able to safely house every member of our community? Eve: [00:19:26] Yeah, and more, you know, you can't really say that home is just a roof over your head because there's so much inequity around who has a computer and who has broadband, and if you even have a place to work in your home. And I think all of that, surely, has to come into play as well. If we're really looking at schools being closed, and I know my husband's a teacher and his university is already talking about online classes only in the fall, all of that is going to really matter quickly. I mean, as an architect, I'm grappling with, you know, what does that mean in the way we even design homes and cities? Katie: [00:20:07] You know, in some ways, you're right in that this is sort of exciting time to think about home, right? I think everybody's looking around and going like, oh, my goodness I have to sort of expect so much more of this space. And I hope that that notion of expecting more from our buildings and our spaces is one of the things that will come out of this time. You know, the idea that our buildings need to keep us healthy is an idea that really attracted me originally to MASS Design Group who started during a tuberculosis epidemic and designing hospitals with the goal of having the hospital itself, the building itself, participate in enhancing the health of the staff and patients and visitors who experienced it. That the buildings have such a role to play. Buildings shape us, they shape our experience. They shape our health outcomes. And so, I hope that this will be a moment where we are understanding that we need to ask more of our buildings and participate in a greater spatial awareness and spatial literacy to understand the profound effects that the built environment in general, and the buildings that we occupy in specific, have on our health outcomes and our quality of life and productivity outcomes and that we gain a sort of awareness and capabilities around our ambitions for the built environment. Eve: [00:21:59] Yeah, and that, you know, the buildings shape cities. And I think cities, too, will need to be re-thought in terms of how do you make them safe places for larger groups of people? You know, some cities in other countries are starting to think about changes to their transportation patterns or, in Lithuania they've given over all public spaces to outdoor restaurants so restaurants can operate again. I mean, these are kind of baby steps but in amongst the misery of all of this, it's interesting to watch how creative people can be. That's encouraging, I think. Katie: [00:22:37] It's hard to talk about silver linings at this moment. I mean, I think people are going to be experiencing so much grief of all kinds from lost loved ones to lost, you know, hopes or experiences. So, there's going to be just a wide swath of, kind of, having to recover from this moment but, as you say, there's also a lot of opportunities that are being revealed. Like in New York City, where they're coming up with strategies to re-occupy the city streets in a different way, I think that's so exciting. And I think it's really important, I mean, if home is important, though is. I guess, you know, the old words home and garden, right? Home is as equally reflected in the sort of outdoor space. and I think our ability to kind of get more creative about understanding how we can use our outdoor spaces more effectively is really important. Katie: [00:23:39] I also think that different kinds of projects. We have just been involved in a project in a community in West Baltimore where neighborhood leaders started leading the charge to create a park where there had been three homes which, over time in a disinvested area of Baltimore, had been first made vacant and then started to deteriorate and eventually were taken down and the lots that were left had become a dumping grounds. And one of the local neighbors, so a block leader, a block captain on his block, his name is Donald Quarles, started working with one of our Rose Fellows and his neighborhood group and the Bon Secours Community Development Group to clean up first this lot and now turn it into what has become this incredibly beautiful small pocket park that they call Kirby Lane Park. And the process has taken about two years and we figure that in the end, it's been mostly volunteer labor, but the hard costs have been less than one unit of housing costs to create in that community. And it's provided this outdoor space, a kind of backyard or a front porch, whatever you want to call it, for this community at large. So I think from big ideas to how do we re-occupy city streets and city parks and beaches, to small ideas of how to prioritize and re-integrate smaller outdoor spaces into our day-to-day lives, there are lots of models and ideas that we need to be working on simultaneously at different scales. Eve: [00:25:41] I think what excites me is the people I talk to who are incredibly creative and they're all going to put the brainpower to this. I can't wait to see how they make things better. It's fascinating to me. But, in the meantime, I would just like to ask you one final question, and that is what's next for you? You have a brand, new job with MASS Design Group and where's that going to lead you? Katie: [00:26:06] Oh yes, it is so exciting. I started at MASS Design on February 3rd. I've been a friend and sort of champion and cheerleader to the organization since 2010 when I first met them and then had joined their board. So, I came on full-time in February, thank goodness, really just in time to be able to participate in this moment with this incredible group. Katie: [00:26:34] So, the very first morning that we, sort of were all getting on our first Zoom call with one hundred and twenty five people from around the world at nine a.m. Eastern Time on Monday morning, one of our design directors, Chris Scovel, had gotten a call from one of our partners at Boston Health Care for the Homeless, saying that were going to be putting up some makeshift tents to be able to test and treat people without homes in Boston and would we look at the plans? And so, Chris and a team got on to making really makeshift design recommendations. We're not calling them designs because it's not about designing a tent or creating something ideal in any way, it's about trying to apply our experience and design for infection control that we've learned over many years through, not only tuberculosis, but also Ebola and cholera, and to understand with our medical partners how Covid19 is manifesting itself and what can we do from a spatial guidance to help limit contagion and keep health care workers and patients healthier. So we started in on this immediately and realized that if one group needed it, as one partner needed it, probably so did others. So, we set off on this kind of larger understanding about, how can we use our spatial cues, spatial literacy, to help respond in this crisis? You know, I think that obviously architects are not on the frontlines of this crisis. Health care workers are on the frontlines of this crisis and make no mistake about it, but the rub is that our buildings are on the front lines. And so, we need to be there, showing up to understand how do we need to adapt? What are the retrofits that we need to do? How can we learn from this experience so that our buildings are able to support health care workers, to be able to support our communities, getting back into our lives in so many ways, but to do it safely? Katie: [00:29:04] It's been an incredible process and I feel very, very lucky to work not only with an incredible team at MASS, but also such a robust network of amazing partners both in the medical fields and in all of the sort of social service fields. Eve: [00:29:22] Well, I really can't wait to see what comes next. And thank you very much for spending this time with me today. Katie: [00:29:30] Thank you. Really a pleasure to join you and we'll look forward to having this conversation evolve and thanks for highlighting all the creative efforts. Appreciate it. Eve: [00:29:41] Thank you. Eve: [00:29:56] That was Katie Swenson. I loved that her early professional years meandered through the arts from comparative literature to dance before she landed on architecture. Her trajectory shows that climbing the ladder is not necessarily the path to success. Her career as a community architect started later than most but that didn't stop her from becoming a star in the field. And she brought with her creativity and a human passion for making better places for everyone. Eve: [00:30:27] You can find out more about impact real estate investing and access the show notes for today's episode at my web site, evepicker.com. While you're there, sign up for my newsletter to find out more about how to make money in real estate while building better cities. Eve: [00:30:44] Thank you so much for spending your time with me today and thank you, Katie, for sharing your thoughts. We'll talk again soon but for now, this is EVe Picker signing off to go make some change.

After 15 years at HUD, Marion Mollegen McFadden felt she could make a bigger impact outside of the government. She now leads the public policy team at Enterprise Community Partners, which supports innovative solutions to affordable housing, disaster relief, and empowering people with job skills. Now outside of HUD, she has candid advice on the priorities and political will Washington should have. Not only should there be more money for HUD, but it needs to be a priority at the executive branch level. While that isn’t the case right now, there is hope to be found in the private sector and state and local governments who are making major commitments to prioritizing affordable housing. Tune in for her sage advice on what the future of housing should hold.

Small properties are a critical source of affordable multifamily rentals. In this episode, Steve and Corey talk with Andrew Jakabovics, vice president for policy development at Enterprise Community Partners – a national nonprofit that focuses on housing affordability. Together they discuss challenges to preserving small multifamily units, their on-going affordability, market trends and research into this segment of the market.

This episode welcomes writer, director and award-winning actor Edward Norton to talk about his long acting career and new film, Motherless Brooklyn, a story about a private detective afflicted with Tourette's syndrome who tries to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend. Alongside his work in cinema, Norton is an environmental activist and social entrepreneur. He is a trustee of Enterprise Community Partners, a non-profit organization for affordable housing, serves as president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, and is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity. Motherless Brooklyn is out in theaters November 1st, 2019. Watch the trailer: https://goo.gle/33MmDxl  Visit http://g.co/TalksAtGoogle/MotherlessBrooklyn to watch the video.

Decision Vision Episode 40: Should I Align My Business with a Cause? – An Interview with Mollye Rhea, For Momentum Does cause marketing really help my business? What factors should I consider in selecting a cause to align with? Answers to these questions and much more come from Mollye Rhea, For Momentum, on this edition […] The post Decision Vision Episode 40: Should I Align My Business with a Cause? – An Interview with Mollye Rhea, For Momentum appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

6.16.19. Shannon Ball preaches on Exodus 1:8-22. Shannon Ball was baptized at NDPC many, many years ago but moved away as a child. She came back to Atlanta to attend Columbia Theological Seminary. She has worked as a chaplain, non-profit program director, and now works for Enterprise Community Partners, a non-profit affordable housing advocacy organization.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Atticus Leblanc of PadSplit.com, a house sharing service that offers affordable shared living experiences to the workforce. The Company raised a $4.6 million Seed Round led by Core Innovation Capital. Cox Enterprises, Kapor Capital, 1984 Ventures, Impact Engine, MetaProp NYC, Techstars, Alexander & Edwards Publishing and Enterprise Community Partners also participated in the round. In this episode, Atticus discusses his vision for making an affordable housing marketplace, the Atlanta startup scene, raising capital from foundations and social impact investors, his powerful way he leverages weekly investor updates, and much more. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more at www.foundersuite.com.

Truly understanding all the dimensions of the nation's housing affordability crisis requires listening to those with lived experience – people who have experienced homelessness and housing instability. In this episode, we look at issues of affordable housing through the stories of seven people across the country who have been directly impacted. These stories were captured by the campaign's partner at the "Where Will We Live" campaign at the National Housing Trust and Enterprise Community Partners. "Where Will We Live" amplifies the voices of those with lived experience and arms them with the knowledge to take action to ensure affordable housing resources are protected and expanded. Intro/Closing Song: Free Music Library, YouTube, “Clover 3” URL: www.youtube.com/audiolibrary

This week, John Sullivan of Enterprise Community Partners and Rashidah Williams from the Tulane Small Center for Collaborative Design stopped by to talk with Kenny and MarkAlain about Undesign The Redline, an interactive exhibit exploring the history of race, class and U.S. housing policy, and how this legacy of inequity and exclusion continues to shape our communities. Visitors to Undesign the Redline are left with a strong impression of the historical forces that made New Orleans and other cities the way they are now. The exhibit is on display at the Small Center until April 1. It is powerful, moving and incredible - make sure you check it out!

What’s the most effective way to conduct an energy rating on a multifamily building?     Join us as Gayathri Vijayakumar (Steven Winter Associates, Inc.) discusses the efforts of a dedicated group of individuals that has moved multifamily building energy ratings from guidelines to become a part of the existing HERS standards 301 and 380.   We also learn of Gayathri’s passion for her work, her love of solar, and what has driven her career to this point at Steven Winter Associates.   You will gain a clearer picture of how standards are made and most importantly, updated regularly through research and public comment.   Learn about what constitutes a multifamily building and how some of the assessments and tests are performed.   You can learn more about the standards at RESNET’s website: http://www.resnet.us/professional/standards   And keep up to date with pending standards amendments here: http://www.resnet.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RESNET-Pending-Standard-Amendments-3-28-18-Completed.pdf   Gayathri offers her email address for you to get in touch, gvijayakumar@swinter.com, and you may also run into her at the RESNET conferences.   Some of the people that devote many hours helping to develop and improve these standards are:   RESNET Multifamily MFWG (2013-2014): Ted Leopkey (Group Chair), EPA Ben Adams, MaGrann Associates James Brauer, U.S. Eco Logic/TexEnergy Solutions, Brian Christensen, NORESCO, Krista Egger, Enterprise Community Partners, Dave Epley, DC DCRA, Patrick Fitzgerald, NYSERDA, Asa Foss, U.S. Green Building Council, Bruce Harley,  Abe Kruger, SK Collaborative, Scott Lee, Southface,  Ted Leopkey, formerly with U.S. EPA, Ken Owens, Jr. Franklin Energy,  Matt Root, Rob Salcido, Brian Stanfill, MaGrann Associates, Gayathri Vijayakumar, Steven Winter Associates,  Meghan Walsh, USDA, Li Ling Young, VEIC   RESNET MFSC – June 2016 to August 2017 RESNET Multifamily Sub-Committee & Task Group members: Thiel Butner, Pando Alliance, Brian Christensen, NORESCO, Rebecca Hudson (committee ViceChair), EPA, Asa Foss (USGBC), Paul Gay (US Eco-Logic), Bruce Harley, Matthew Root Brian Stanfill (MaGrann) Bob Grindrod (TRC), Joel Williams, Troy Maharg (TexEnergy), Chris Mc Taggart (BER), Gary Nelson (Energy Conservatory), Sean Denniston (NBI) Gayathri Vijayakumar (committee Chair), Steven Winter Associates,    Pros (and especially Realtors and Appraisers) in the building industry should consider attending the annual conference which will be held in New Orleans, LA Feb 25-27, 2019 more info at: www.conference.resnet.us/   RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage.   Pros can learn more at www.RESNET.us/professional Consumers can learn more at www.RESNET.us Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US

Ron Terwilliger's outstanding career and legacy didn't end when he retired from Trammell Crow, it only grew.Coming from a low-income family with little expectations of wealth, he wanted to give back and affordable housing seemed to be the most natural place for his philanthropic interest to bloom.   “As I started to get wealthy in my late forties and fifties, I began thinking: what should I do with my time and wealth?”From his $100 million legacy gift to Habitat for Humanity, chairing Habitat's international Board and the Enterprise Community Partners board to name a few, Ron gives generously of his money, time, and expertise.Public PolicyWhile he is very active in the private sector, his role in the public sector has made a serious impact. After being invited to give a lecture at Harvard on Housing Policy in America, he became inspired by the great Shortage of affordable housing in this country. He characterized this shortage as a housing crisis formed a foundation and started meeting with senators and congressman to change federal housing policies and transform the system.He shares how he has found that unfortunately, the time and resources that the government have devoted to this crisis have been scarce, and housing affordability has not been given the attention and effort it deserves and needs.   “The bottom line to me with this growing shortage of affordable workforce housing is the way we are going to address itis by providing more creative subsidies for construction and more income subsidy. I'm pleased to see that some of the state's Governors as well as mayors of major cities are paying attention.”When people hear “low-income housing” or “affordable housing,” they often mistakenly think of people who are unemployed or aren't working. Ron has opted to call it “affordable workforce housing,” however, as it is actually our nurses, firefighters, and policemen who fall into this category and often have to make a serious commute to work because they can't afford to live close to their job.The Importance of LeadershipRon believes strongly in the importance of selfless, kind, generous leaders who people trust. These were the types of leaders he tried to attract at Trammell Crow, and he credits their ability to give honest feedback and work hard for creating a “utopia-like” work environment.Two great CEO's who inspire him and who he works with closely today are Jonathan Reckford at Habitat for Humanity and Terri Ludwig at Enterprise.Ron serves on 11 boards and is actively engaged in offering advice, money, and time. He admits that initially as he entered philanthropy, he was embarrassed to talk about how much he gives away, but he has been encouraged that by telling others about his philanthropy it will inspire others to give generously of their time and talent.Ron's Advice:Find something to do that you really love. Discover the breadth of real estate, see where you can fit, and don't be afraid to change roles or direction as necessary to do what you want.

Renee's guest is Dr. Tiffany Manuel, vice president of knowledge, impact, and strategy at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., where she drives the collection and dissemination of data and information from within Enterprise and across the affordable housing industry through innovative solutions. She discusses affordable housing.

Renee's guest is Dr. Tiffany Manuel, vice president of knowledge, impact, and strategy at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., where she drives the collection and dissemination of data and information from within Enterprise and across the affordable housing industry through innovative solutions. She discusses affordable housing.

When Hurricane Maria landed, it wreaked havoc on an already economically unstable Puerto Rico. Since then, nonprofit groups on the ground and on the mainland have worked tirelessly to recover homes, rebuild "resilient housing" and move Congress to enact needed policy reform, including operationalizing FEMA's Disaster Housing Assistance Program. Marion McFadden, Enterprise Community Partners, and Sarah Mickelson, National Low Income Housing Coalition, talk to Power Station about the challenge and opportunity of helping people rebuild homes and lives. An expert on disaster recovery, Marion brings years of engagement with HUD and FEMA to her push for policies that will embed best practices and accountability measures into these public-serving agencies. Sarah, with CEO Diane Yentel, advocates for policy reform with Marion and members of NLIHC's Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition, members with lived experience in disaster recovery. Stayed tuned for a Part 2! 

In this episode of #housingpodcast we talk to Rachel Reilly, Director of Impact Investing for Enterprise Community Partners, about a very important economic development topic: Opportunity Zones! This new community investment incentive connects private capital with low-income communities across America. It's new, it's innovative, it's got a lotta potential, and it's coming to a census tract near you. Plus, Rachel shares what it was like serving in elected office in DC (sometimes people in the grocery store yell at you), her life-changing experience riding a train cross country for the “Millenial Train Project” and how everyone has the ability to change the world they live in, right where they are. Also, Charlie's Angels dish on NACCED's cowboy-tastic summer meeting in Nashville and give you tips on what to do if a wild cougar takes a nap in your living room (don't try to remove it via telepathy).   Special thanks to our sponsor, the Regional Development Funding Corporation of Pittsburgh! https://rdfcpgh.wordpress.com/about/   Register for the 2018 NACCED Conference, Sept. 23-26 in Minneapolis, MN: https://www.nacced.org/page/Annual2018   Follow us on Twitter: @HousingPodcast

David Bowers, vice president and Mid-Atlantic market leader for Enterprise Community Partners, discusses how D.C. consistently ranks as one of the most expensive places to live in the country, and how high prices hurt quality of life, as well as slow the influx of talent and businesses from other regions.

Jacqueline Waggoner, VP and Market Leader for the Southern California Market of Enterprise Community Partners, joins us to discuss how Los Angeles can (and will) end homelessness, why communities of color need access to capital, the privilege of housing, and the weird fact that Angelenos rarely go to their beaches.

In this episode, the illustrious Director of Public Policy for Enterprise Community Partners, Emily Cadik, joined the NACCED crew to talk tax reform, the value of mentoring and how to form coalitions. Also on deck: Emily's experience with the famed Corn Palace of South Dakota, Laura's experience talking about hot dogs with people in Trump Hotel, the revelation that all debate kids turn into policy wonks, and how tying housing to infrastructure is like “trying to make fetch happen

Housing insecurity is a critical issue for many renters. In fact, as so aptly stated in the mission statement of the new organization MAKE ROOM, the human suffering and the astronomical costs to society of the rental crisis is unimaginable. In this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast brought to you by Eden Housing, host Joanne Greene speaks to Make Room's CEO, Ali Solis. MAKE ROOM is dedicated to this problem and to creating bold solutions to end housing insecurity for renters. Ali's been working on housing for the past two decades and has led successful national campaigns. She also appeared on the Affordable Housing Podcast in 2012 to discuss the federal budget's impact on affordable housing when she was Senior VP and Public Policy & Corporate Affairs Executive for Enterprise Community Partners. RESOURCES For additional information on this topic, visit: http://MakeRoom.org http://edenhousing.org

Housing insecurity is a critical issue for many renters. In fact, as so aptly stated in the mission statement of the new organization MAKE ROOM, the human suffering and the astronomical costs to society of the rental crisis is unimaginable. In this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast brought to you by Eden Housing, host Joanne Greene speaks to Make Room's CEO, Ali Solis. MAKE ROOM is dedicated to this problem and to creating bold solutions to end housing insecurity for renters. Ali's been working on housing for the past two decades and has led successful national campaigns. She also appeared on the Affordable Housing Podcast in 2012 to discuss the federal budget's impact on affordable housing when she was Senior VP and Public Policy & Corporate Affairs Executive for Enterprise Community Partners. RESOURCES For additional information on this topic, visit: http://MakeRoom.org http://edenhousing.org

Sometimes, we are frustrated by public opposition to our noble work in afforable housing and spin our wheels trying to find a way around it. Rather than discount the opposition, Enterprise Community Partners and The Frameworks Institute tackled the problem head on to find out the values behind some of the opposing views of providing affordable housing and how we can change the conversation around housing. On this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast brought to you by Eden Housing, we'll dive into which messages about affordable housing work with the public and which ones don’t. Joining host Joanne Greene is Tiffany Manuel, PhD, Enterprise's Vice President of Knowledge, Impact, and Strategy. Prior to joining Enterprise in 2012, Dr. Manuel served as Director of Impact & Evaluation at The FrameWorks Institute, and was a senior policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. RESOURCES The report, "'You Don't Have to Live Here' - Why Housing Messages are Backfiring and 10 Things We can Do About It": http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/download?fid=14407&nid=18689 For additional information on this topic, visit: http://www.enterprisecommunity.com http://www.frameworksinstitute.org http://edenhousing.org

Sometimes, we are frustrated by public opposition to our noble work in afforable housing and spin our wheels trying to find a way around it. Rather than discount the opposition, Enterprise Community Partners and The Frameworks Institute tackled the problem head on to find out the values behind some of the opposing views of providing affordable housing and how we can change the conversation around housing. On this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast brought to you by Eden Housing, we'll dive into which messages about affordable housing work with the public and which ones don’t. Joining host Joanne Greene is Tiffany Manuel, PhD, Enterprise's Vice President of Knowledge, Impact, and Strategy. Prior to joining Enterprise in 2012, Dr. Manuel served as Director of Impact & Evaluation at The FrameWorks Institute, and was a senior policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. RESOURCES The report, "'You Don't Have to Live Here' - Why Housing Messages are Backfiring and 10 Things We can Do About It": http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/download?fid=14407&nid=18689 For additional information on this topic, visit: http://www.enterprisecommunity.com http://www.frameworksinstitute.org http://edenhousing.org

Please RSVP to expedite check-in A live webcast will be streamed at 2:30 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing about energy efficient, “green” affordable housing and how it is improving health and safety in distressed communities while providing economic and environmental benefits to states. This is the second in a series of EESI briefings examining environmental justice as it relates to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Clean Power Plan (CPP), the nation's first-ever regulation limiting carbon pollution from power plants. This briefing will show how sustainable affordable housing can save money for low-income families and strengthen community resilience while serving as a CPP compliance strategy. Speakers will showcase sustainable affordable housing developments in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as a retrofit in Washington, DC, and will discuss the national movement to “green” affordable housing. Pittsburgh-based affordable housing developer ACTION-Housing has partnered with Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) to introduce “passive building” standards into its projects and reduce energy usage by 80-90 percent over conventional construction. The briefing will also feature the passive building retrofit of Weinberg Commons, a multifamily housing complex for low-income families in Southeast DC. The nation's capital uses Enterprise Community Partners' Green Communities Criteria as the baseline green building standard for its public and publicly-financed projects.

Please RSVP to expedite check-in A live webcast will be streamed at 2:30 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing about energy efficient, “green” affordable housing and how it is improving health and safety in distressed communities while providing economic and environmental benefits to states. This is the second in a series of EESI briefings examining environmental justice as it relates to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Clean Power Plan (CPP), the nation's first-ever regulation limiting carbon pollution from power plants. This briefing will show how sustainable affordable housing can save money for low-income families and strengthen community resilience while serving as a CPP compliance strategy. Speakers will showcase sustainable affordable housing developments in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as a retrofit in Washington, DC, and will discuss the national movement to “green” affordable housing. Pittsburgh-based affordable housing developer ACTION-Housing has partnered with Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) to introduce “passive building” standards into its projects and reduce energy usage by 80-90 percent over conventional construction. The briefing will also feature the passive building retrofit of Weinberg Commons, a multifamily housing complex for low-income families in Southeast DC. The nation's capital uses Enterprise Community Partners’ Green Communities Criteria as the baseline green building standard for its public and publicly-financed projects.

Please RSVP to expedite check-in A live webcast will be streamed at 2:30 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing about energy efficient, “green” affordable housing and how it is improving health and safety in distressed communities while providing economic and environmental benefits to states. This is the second in a series of EESI briefings examining environmental justice as it relates to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Clean Power Plan (CPP), the nation's first-ever regulation limiting carbon pollution from power plants. This briefing will show how sustainable affordable housing can save money for low-income families and strengthen community resilience while serving as a CPP compliance strategy. Speakers will showcase sustainable affordable housing developments in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as a retrofit in Washington, DC, and will discuss the national movement to “green” affordable housing. Pittsburgh-based affordable housing developer ACTION-Housing has partnered with Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) to introduce “passive building” standards into its projects and reduce energy usage by 80-90 percent over conventional construction. The briefing will also feature the passive building retrofit of Weinberg Commons, a multifamily housing complex for low-income families in Southeast DC. The nation's capital uses Enterprise Community Partners’ Green Communities Criteria as the baseline green building standard for its public and publicly-financed projects.

A US Appeals Court says the NSA's bulk collection of phone records is illegal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12061 U.S. federal scientists say global levels of carbon dioxide, the most prevalent heat-trapping gas, have passed a daunting milestone of 400.83 parts per million. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12068 New research suggests that children who survive a measles infection remain vulnerable to other potentially deadly infections for as long as two or three years after having the measles. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12084 A 20-year-old—politics student Mhairi Black—became the U.K.'s youngest lawmaker since 1667, ousting one of the opposition Labour Party's top figures in the process. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12085 An analysis of Census data by Enterprise Community Partners has revealed that over a quarter of U.S. renters use at least half of their household's income to pay rent. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12083 Saudi Arabia and the United States announced a five-day, renewable cease-fire in Yemen’s war to allow aid to reach millions of civilians caught in a humanitarian crisis from the conflict. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12067 Iran has released the Maersk Tigris, a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship, whose seizure in the Strait of Hormuz last week had raised tensions with Iran. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12065 Freightliner, a subsidiary of the automotive giant Daimler, has unveiled the first road-legal self-driving truck. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12069 Researchers at the University of Trento in Italy found that spiders sprayed with a solution containing 300-nanometer-wide graphene particles found a way to work the graphene into their silk. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12082 Windows 10 will not have the famous 'Patch Tuesday' as patches will be a steady stream regardless of the day of the week. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12076 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses the latest developments in Congress to extend expired and expiring tax provisions. In new markets tax credit news, he reviews the most recent Qualified Equity Investment Issuance Report, updates listeners about the status of the 2013 allocation round and discusses an Enterprise Community Partners report about the role of new markets tax credits in bringing healthy food options to lowincome communities. In low-income housing tax credit news, he shares the latest information about S. 1217, the Johnson-Crapo bill that would eliminate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, alerts listeners to property compliance training opportunities and details a bill in Louisiana that could negatively affect low-income housing tax credit properties. In historic tax credit news, he reviews the fiscal year 2015 appropriations to the Historic Preservation Fund and describes changes to the Alabama historic tax credit program. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses recently released guidance about renewable energy investments for real estate investment trusts and highlights 27 companies that have partnered with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to use solar energy at their properties.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses the latest developments in Congress to extend expired and expiring tax provisions. In new markets tax credit news, he reviews the most recent Qualified Equity Investment Issuance Report, updates listeners about the status of the 2013 allocation round and discusses an Enterprise Community Partners report about the role of new markets tax credits in bringing healthy food options to lowincome communities. In low-income housing tax credit news, he shares the latest information about S. 1217, the Johnson-Crapo bill that would eliminate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, alerts listeners to property compliance training opportunities and details a bill in Louisiana that could negatively affect low-income housing tax credit properties. In historic tax credit news, he reviews the fiscal year 2015 appropriations to the Historic Preservation Fund and describes changes to the Alabama historic tax credit program. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses recently released guidance about renewable energy investments for real estate investment trusts and highlights 27 companies that have partnered with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to use solar energy at their properties.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses a letter from Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew that asks Congress to address the debt limit before Treasury once again has to use extraordinary measure to keep the country funded; reveal information about a one-month delay of the release of the President's fiscal year 2015 budget and remind listeners about the 2014 State of the Union address; and share thoughts about extenders legislation. In low-income housing tax credit news, he alerts listeners to the release of a report from Enterprise Community Partners and the Urban Land Institute that examines the cost of building affordable housing and shares a request for comments about setting a baseline for renewable energy capacity at public housing units and multifamily housing portfolios from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In historic tax credit news, he has information about more than $2.2 million in historic preservation grants that the National Park Service has awarded to American Indian tribes across the country. In renewable energy tax credit news, he provides information about Department of Energy webinars on tribal communities and renewable energy and energy efficiency in multifamily housing, shares information about Wisconsin legislation that extends the state's renewable energy tax credit to older facilities and reveals that RECs will be used at this year's Super Bowl. In new markets tax credit news, he recaps a keynote speech from the CDFI Fund's Bob Ibanez.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses a letter from Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew that asks Congress to address the debt limit before Treasury once again has to use extraordinary measure to keep the country funded; reveal information about a one-month delay of the release of the President's fiscal year 2015 budget and remind listeners about the 2014 State of the Union address; and share thoughts about extenders legislation. In low-income housing tax credit news, he alerts listeners to the release of a report from Enterprise Community Partners and the Urban Land Institute that examines the cost of building affordable housing and shares a request for comments about setting a baseline for renewable energy capacity at public housing units and multifamily housing portfolios from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In historic tax credit news, he has information about more than $2.2 million in historic preservation grants that the National Park Service has awarded to American Indian tribes across the country. In renewable energy tax credit news, he provides information about Department of Energy webinars on tribal communities and renewable energy and energy efficiency in multifamily housing, shares information about Wisconsin legislation that extends the state's renewable energy tax credit to older facilities and reveals that RECs will be used at this year's Super Bowl. In new markets tax credit news, he recaps a keynote speech from the CDFI Fund's Bob Ibanez.

In February 2012, President Obama submitted a $3.8 trillion budget to Congress with $4 trillion in long-term deficit reduction measures that included spending cuts, tax increases and other measures of tax reform. The President called for $44.76 billion to be spent on programs in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a 3.2% increase over the previous year's budget. Affordable Housing Podcast host Joanne Greene discusses the potential impact of these budgets with Ali Solis, Senior Vice President and Public Policy and Corporate Affairs Executive for Enterprise Community Partners. For more information, visit http://EnterpriseCommunity.org or http://RentalHousingAction.org. For more information about the Affordable Housing Podcast, please visit http://EdenHousing.org.

In February 2012, President Obama submitted a $3.8 trillion budget to Congress with $4 trillion in long-term deficit reduction measures that included spending cuts, tax increases and other measures of tax reform. The President called for $44.76 billion to be spent on programs in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a 3.2% increase over the previous year's budget. Affordable Housing Podcast host Joanne Greene discusses the potential impact of these budgets with Ali Solis, Senior Vice President and Public Policy and Corporate Affairs Executive for Enterprise Community Partners. For more information, visit http://EnterpriseCommunity.org or http://RentalHousingAction.org. For more information about the Affordable Housing Podcast, please visit http://EdenHousing.org.

This month on the Affordable Housing Podcast, we present to you "Greening the Affordable Housing Portfolio: Upgrading Multi-Family Housing and Encouraging Tenant Involvement". This engaging panel discussion was held on May 13, 2011 during the San Francisco Bay Area's Affordable Housing Week, and was sponsored by Eden Housing, Enterprise Community Partners and StopWaste.org in coordination with the U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development and East Bay Housing Organizations. The event was hosted at Eden Housing's Eden Issei Terrace in Hayward, California, in order to highlight the 27 year old property's recent green and solar upgrades that have not only increased tenant comfort and reduced operations expenses, but will also help to sustain the property for the long term. The Keynote address and panel moderation are provided by Ophelia Basgal, HUD Regional Director. Panelists included are Linda Mandolini, Executive Director of Eden Housing. Maryann Leshin, Director, Northern California Programs of Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., and Karen Kho, Senior Program Manager for StopWaste.Org.

This month on the Affordable Housing Podcast, we present to you "Greening the Affordable Housing Portfolio: Upgrading Multi-Family Housing and Encouraging Tenant Involvement". This engaging panel discussion was held on May 13, 2011 during the San Francisco Bay Area's Affordable Housing Week, and was sponsored by Eden Housing, Enterprise Community Partners and StopWaste.org in coordination with the U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development and East Bay Housing Organizations. The event was hosted at Eden Housing's Eden Issei Terrace in Hayward, California, in order to highlight the 27 year old property's recent green and solar upgrades that have not only increased tenant comfort and reduced operations expenses, but will also help to sustain the property for the long term. The Keynote address and panel moderation are provided by Ophelia Basgal, HUD Regional Director. Panelists included are Linda Mandolini, Executive Director of Eden Housing. Maryann Leshin, Director, Northern California Programs of Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., and Karen Kho, Senior Program Manager for StopWaste.Org.

EH#44 How can we shift people's behavior in buildings to be greener? Three of the nation's leading experts in the field of affordable housing and green building, Linda Mandolini, Executive Director of Eden Housing; Dana Bourland, VP of Green Initiatives for Enterprise Community Partners; and Jonathon Rose, CEO and Founder of the Jonathon Rose Companies join host Joanne Greene for a lively panel discussion on engaging residents and staff to change their behavior to create healthier and greener buildings. More information can be found at GarrisonInstitute.org and EnterpriseCommunity.org Listen to the Affordable Housing Podcast at edenhousing.org or subscribe for free on iTunes.

EH#44 How can we shift people's behavior in buildings to be greener? Three of the nation's leading experts in the field of affordable housing and green building, Linda Mandolini, Executive Director of Eden Housing; Dana Bourland, VP of Green Initiatives for Enterprise Community Partners; and Jonathon Rose, CEO and Founder of the Jonathon Rose Companies join host Joanne Greene for a lively panel discussion on engaging residents and staff to change their behavior to create healthier and greener buildings. More information can be found at GarrisonInstitute.org and EnterpriseCommunity.org Listen to the Affordable Housing Podcast at edenhousing.org or subscribe for free on iTunes.

The federal economic recovery bill, also known as the Stimulus Package, provides unprecedented funding for building energy retrofits. On this episode of the Affordable Housing podcast, Joanne Greene speaks with Dvora Lovinger, Senior Director of Government Affairs for Enterprise Community Partners, about the specific programs that will help to rehabilitate public housing units, provide grants or loans to owners of "HUD-assisted" housing, help low income homeowners to weatherize their homes, and more.

The federal economic recovery bill, also known as the Stimulus Package, provides unprecedented funding for building energy retrofits. On this episode of the Affordable Housing podcast, Joanne Greene speaks with Dvora Lovinger, Senior Director of Government Affairs for Enterprise Community Partners, about the specific programs that will help to rehabilitate public housing units, provide grants or loans to owners of "HUD-assisted" housing, help low income homeowners to weatherize their homes, and more.