Podcasts about housing trust

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On 23rd April Melinda Lawton facilitated a free panel discussion for the community about Kiama Council's Draft Housing Strategy V2. Melinda is a Kiama Councillor but was not representing Council at the event. The speakers wereDr Tony Gilmour who has an established reputation in urban planning and affordable housing.  You can here Tony on many KCR podcasts in his capacity as housing expert but also history researcher and author and secretary of the Kiama Historical Society. Michelle Adair, CEO of the Housing Trust which is a Community Housing Provider based in Wollongong and active in the Kiama LGA. David Pepper, an environmental professional with diverse experience and a long term local. Jordan Casson Jones, a kiama local deeply involved in the community regularly representing young people. Jacqueline Forst, a passionate advocate for ageing with dignity, mental health rights, and carer advocacy through roles with Carers NSW, HammondCare, and Lived Experience Australia, and Madeleine Scarfe, an architect who runs her own business in Kiama. This is the first of 2 podcasts, commencing with the opening speeches from the panel. Recorded 23.4.25 at Kiama Leagues Club. 

On 23rd April Melinda Lawton facilitated a free panel discussion for the community about Kiama Council's Draft Housing Strategy V2. Melinda is a Kiama Councillor but was not representing Council at the event. The speakers wereDr Tony Gilmour who has an established reputation in urban planning and affordable housing.  You can here Tony on many KCR podcasts in his capacity as housing expert but also history researcher and author and secretary of the Kiama Historical Society. Michelle Adair, CEO of the Housing Trust which is a Community Housing Provider based in Wollongong and active in the Kiama LGA. David Pepper, an environmental professional with diverse experience and a long term local. Jordan Casson Jones, a kiama local deeply involved in the community regularly representing young people. Jacqueline Forst, a passionate advocate for ageing with dignity, mental health rights, and carer advocacy through roles with Carers NSW, HammondCare, and Lived Experience Australia, and Madeleine Scarfe, an architect who runs her own business in Kiama. This is the second of 2 podcasts, concentrating on contributions from the floor.Recorded 23.4.25 at Kiama Leagues Club. 

The latest budget proposal would make $2 million available immediately to incentivize affordable housing development, but includes no ongoing funding.

ORIGINAL EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Speaker emeritus Frank Chopp, who voluntarily switched his role to Rep. Frank Chopp at the end of the 2019 session, is the special guest on this episode of Capitol Ideas. The good things he's done for the Evergreen State are too numerous to list here, but if you listen to today's conversation, you'll notice a promise to include some items in the show notes. Here, in no particular order, are some of the things that he played a pivotal role in: the state Housing Trust fund; the best minimum wage in the U.S.; paid family and medical leave; free college and university tuition for those who need it most; the Marriage Equality Act; the Dream Act; the Voting Rights Act; the Long-term Care Trust Act; the Education Legacy Fund; The College Bound Scholarship program; Apple Health for All Kids; Apple Health and Homes; and 20 years of state budgets that put people first.

Tommy talks with Councilmember Lesli Harris about the new Housing Trust Fund in New Orleans.

Tommy spends some time with BGR about their recommendations for how New Orleans should run the new Housing Trust Fund. He also talks with Councilmember Lesli Harris about the fund.

BGR is offering some recommendations for how the new Housing Trust Fund should be administered. We'll break them down with CEO Becky Mowbray.

Matthew Pantelis speaks with Housing & Urban Development Minister Nick Champion on a new Housing Trust complex for Anzac Highway. Shadow Housing Minister Michelle Lensink called in. Listen live on the FIVEAA Player. Follow us on Facebook, X and Instagram.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy 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.

In episode 92, Ann Leslie, CEO of Lar Housing Trust, discusses the completion of the St Kentigern's Rope Walk development in Edinburgh, including the challenges of working with a historical building and Lar's commitment to sustainability. We explore Lar's group structure, its partnership with RSBi to support social enterprises, and how they balance affordability with financial sustainability. Ann also shares insights into Lar's recent and upcoming developments, her views on the mid-market rent landscape in Scotland, and advice for women balancing career and family life.

The application process for Henrico County's new -million Affordable Housing Trust Fund, through which county officials and their partners aim to foster the construction of about 100 to 150 affordable single-family homes in the county during each of the next five years, opened this week. Relatedly, the county also is planning to create a new zoning classification (R-4B Single-Family Residential District) which would allow the construction of more densely situated single-family homes on narrower lots than are permitted in Henrico currently. The housing trust fund, established by the county's board of supervisors in May using tax revenue from data centers...Article LinkSupport the show

Queenstown seems to be in a losing battle on affordable housing as its average property value crosses more than two million dollars.  That's a 50% increase on 2019.  The district's wait list for affordable homes has crossed 13-hundred eligible local families.  And tourism operators have turned to buying empty hotels to house workers in.  Community Housing Trust Chief Executive Julie Scott told Mike Hosking Airbnbs continue to be a major contributing issue.  She says visitor accommodation is having long-term impacts on rental properties, with 27% of Queenstown homes unoccupied.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A housing expert is backing the move to overhaul Kainga Ora leadership.   The Housing Minister's announced a refreshed board and new expectations to reduce operating losses. It follows a review by former Prime Minister Bill English saying the ministry's been financially unsustainable.   Former CEO of Monte Cecilia Housing Trust Bernie Smith says private community housing providers can be better at supporting tenants.   He told Mike Hosking that Kainga Ora's previous board made unilateral decisions which negatively affected the market.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former community housing leader says those providers are ready to collaborate with the Government.   Kainga Ora chief executive Andrew McKenzie has resigned, saying the Government's changes aren't what he signed up for.   It comes after a scathing review of the organisation.   Former Monte Cecilia Housing Trust CEO Bernie Smith told Mike Hosking that the last Government stopped community housing providers buying houses from developers, but did it themselves.   He says time and time again first home owners were locked out of the market because Kainga Ora came along with a big chequebook.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner was in Henrico County earlier this month to discuss with county and housing leaders Henrico's new affordable housing trust fund – a program that could be replicated throughout the state and nation. Henrico County officials recently announced the establishment of the -million trust using data center tax revenue to encourage the construction of more affordable homes in the county. The county has partnered with the nonprofit Partnership for Housing Affordability, which will administer the fund, providing money to nonprofit and for-profit builders whose developments meet as-yet undetermined criteria resulting in the construction of affordable homes. As...Article LinkSupport the Show.

Tradies' fury after not being paid for SA Housing Trust maintenance. Tradie - Wade. Andrew Clarke Chief Executive Officer - SA MASTER PLUMBERS ASSCSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Isaac Evans-Frantz is joined first by Chris Donnelly, Director of Community Relations at Champlain Housing Trust, to talk about Vermont's 10-year housing plan. Then, Brenda Siegel, Executive Director of End Homelessness Vermont joins the show to talk about the state of emergency housing in Vermont, what is needed, and what happened in the legislative session.

There's changes coming for social housing in New Zealand, off the back of a damning review of Kāinga Ora. Prime Minister Chris Luxon has expressed interest in diversifying social housing - and whether these options come from Kāinga Ora or community providers is yet to be determined. Former Monte Cecelia Housing Trust chief executive Bernie Smith says it's likely the Government will put more funding into community housing providers. "Hopefully, there'll be some funding in the form of $50 percent loans up front for community housing providers to start developing and building new homes again." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The University of Virginia Health System recently announced the acquisition of Warrenton-based Piedmont Family Practice; The state budget includes a loan for Newport News to help lure a potential $400 million housing project from the U.S. Navy; Henrico County recently announced it's establishing an Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

Jeff Eckles from the Housing Trust Fund

Achieving true resilience. Danielle Arigoni, Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at the National Housing Trust, joined to podcast to discuss her book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation. She talked about the demographic trends that lead to an aging population and how vulnerabilities from aging intersect with risks from climate change. She shared interventions that work to meet the needs of older residents and the need to break down silos between caregivers, emergency managers, and local governments. She also discussed examples of cities that are implementing age-friendly climate policies. Host: Ben Kittelson

Cities all over the U.S. have used city-funded trusts to invest in and incentivize the development of affordable housing.

The Government's crackdown on antisocial Kainga Ora tenant behaviour is being labelled a "move back to the real world".  It's instructed Kainga Ora to end the Sustaining Tenancies Framework and strengthen its management of disruptive tenants.  Former Monte Cecelia Housing Trust chief executive Bernie Smith says the issues it's having are generations in the making.   He told Mike Hosking that the previous government's soft approach created a lot of mayhem for tenants and homeowners trying to live in peace.   Smith says they allowed tenants to remain in homes no matter the illegal activity or issues they were creating for their neighbours.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of the EmpowHER series highlights an exceptionally successful CEO who, well ahead of her time, championed workplace equity and flexibility, while leaving a profound mark on the affordable housing industry.   editing done by @sam_production on Fiverr

Matthew Pantelis speaks with Shadow Community Housing Minister Michelle Lensink and Human Services Minister Nat Cook about Housing Trust tenants doing the wrong things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Speaker emeritus Frank Chopp, who voluntarily switched his role to Rep. Frank Chopp at the end of the 2019 session, is the special guest on this episode of Capitol Ideas. The good things he's done for the Evergreen State are too numerous to list here, but if you listen to today's conversation, you'll notice a promise to include some items in the show notes. Here, in no particular order, are some of the things that he played a pivotal role in: the state Housing Trust fund; the best minimum wage in the U.S.; paid family and medical leave; free college and university tuition for those who need it most; the Marriage Equality Act; the Dream Act; the Voting Rights Act; the Longterm Care Trust Act; the Education Legacy Fund; The College Bound Scholarship program; Apple Health for All Kids; Apple Health and Homes; and 20 years of state budgets that put people first.

Matthew Pantelis speak with Shadow Housing Minister Michelle Lensink who calls for more housing support with around 1800 Housing Trust properties left vacant. Human Services Minister Nat Cook rings in to respond. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan. 5, 2024 - We got an update on the effort to utilize a new trust to fund upgrades to thousands of New York City Housing Authority apartments from Iziah Thompson, a senior policy analyst at the Community Service Society of New York.

Angela Bishop, executive director of the Housing Trust of Nova Scotia, talks about how her group is planning to turn a motel in Lunenburg into mixed-income housing for health care workers. Plus, plans for Bridgewater and Guysborough as part of the same project.

Fishers Island is a community of about 400 people off the coast of Long Island that has faced some of the same housing shortfalls for residents that Door County is grappling with. But in 1987, residents of the island came together with land and money to devise a solution. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to the program director of Walsh Park, Matt Edwards, about the nonprofit housing trust the island created to provide homes for firefighters, teachers, laborers and even Edwards himself.

An agreement between the Town of Bridgewater and the Housing Trust of Nova Scotia is working to address both the dire need for more health-care professionals and available housing in the area. To learn more, guest host Preston Mulligan speaks with Bridgewater Mayor David Mitchell.

Kevin Ellis starts the show with his thoughts on Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger who won't be seeking reelection. Then he's joined by Michael Monte, the CEO of the Champlain Housing Trust. They talk about the recent $20 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

Host Mikaela Lefrak takes listeners through a broadcast of Brave Little State, followed by a conversation with the CEO of the Champlain Housing Trust.

Host Mikaela Lefrak takes listeners through a broadcast of Brave Little State, followed by a conversation with the CEO of the Champlain Housing Trust.

After decades of neglect and dwindling investments in public housing, it appears that governments worldwide are finally recognising the urgent need to bolster social housing and incorporate low-cost accommodations in new developments. But what transformations are occurring in this critical space, and can we truly say that governments have already learned from past mistakes in the face of the ongoing rental crisis? Furthermore, what's the timeline for these policy changes to make a real impact? In today's episode, we jump right into the heart of the affordable housing crisis and the resurgence of social housing initiatives. Our guest, Michele Adair — CEO at the Housing Trust, an organisation dedicated to constructing and managing affordable rental housing for individuals with very low to moderate incomes. With an extensive portfolio of over 1,200 homes and ambitious plans for another 200, Michele offers invaluable insights into the world of affordable housing. As we dissect the evolving landscape of social housing and government commitments, we inquire about Michele's sentiments regarding the current climate. Does she see genuine reason for optimism amid the housing crisis? Tune in to explore the pressing issue of housing inequality and discover how individuals like Michele Adair are forging change, and propelling us toward a future where housing is not a luxury but a fundamental right. Episode Highlights: 00:00 - Introduction 01:04 - Who is Michele Adair? 01:41 - Is the current changing landscape of social housing supposed to fill us with hope? 07:53 - Michele's update on Tasmania's rental market and short-term accommodations 12:11 - The impact of short-term rental platforms on the long-term rental market 17:49 - Discussing government initiatives, including the Housing Australia Future Fund 20:58 - Evaluation of the ambitious target to build 1.2 million homes over five years 23:47 - Increasing low-income housing in redevelopment: Is it a real change? 27:41 - Michele discusses innovative solutions for housing and taxation 30:45 - Vacant properties in Australia and potential solutions 33:45 - What affordable housing solutions are currently open in Australia? 40:19 - The importance of density and creative solutions 45:49 - Michele Adair's property dumbo About Our Guest: Michele Adair is the CEO of Housing Trust in Wollongong, a company dedicated to building and managing affordable rental housing. With a portfolio of 1,200 homes and plans for 200 more, the company is valued at over $250 million. Michele also serves as the inaugural Chair of Homes Tasmania, tasked with creating 10,000 social and affordable homes in 10 years. Her extensive career includes leadership roles in various organisations, such as the Community Housing Industry Association of NSW and Cystic Fibrosis NSW. Beyond her professional accomplishments, Michele is a mother, grandmother, and avid golfer, known for her effective advocacy and contributions to policy reforms in affordable housing, health, and gender equity. She's been recognised with awards such as the Illawarra's Outstanding Business Leader of the Year in 2021 and the UDIA National Women in Leadership Award for Excellence in 2023. Connect with Michele Adair: Follow Michele on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michele-adair/ Resources: Visit our website https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au If you have any questions or would like to be featured on our show, contact us at: The Elephant in the Room Property Podcast questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? https://www.gooddeeds.com.au Work with Veronica: https://www.veronicamorgan.com.au Looking for a Mortgage Broker? https://www.blusk.au Work with Chris: hello@blusk.au Enjoyed the podcast? Don't miss out on what's yet to come! Hit that subscription button, spread the word and join us for more insightful discussions in real estate. Your journey starts now! Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theelephantintheroom-podcast Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-elephant-in-the-room-property-podcast/id1384822719 Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ge1626dgnmK0RyKPcXjP0?si=26cde394fa854765 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hillsborough County's affordable housing trust fund is in danger of being defunded in the current budget, in favor of more money for road repairs, sports complexes and jail renovations.

Criteria for the Government's support schemes for homeowners is being tweaked. Changes to the Progressive Home Ownership programme will allow eligible people to buy existing homes, instead of just new builds. The income cap is also rising, from $130,000 to $150,000. Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust Executive Officer Julie Scott told Mike Hosking that they welcome the lifting of the cap. She says it brings it in line with other schemes the Government has for first home buyers, like the First Home Loan and the First Home Grant. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hometown Radio 07/27/23 4p: Jeff Eckles from the Housing Trust Fund

Work regarding housing affordability and accessibility in Watauga County continues and the Watauga Community Housing Trust has reemerged as a well-positioned resource in the conversation.On this week's Mind Your Business, we are joined by WCHT Board Chair Ben Loomis, who provides definition around the housing trust model and why this can be a helpful tool in the current Watauga County housing climate. He also will share details on a special fundraising opportunity to help seed the WCHT's first project in a Boone area neighborhood.Mind your Business is produced weekly by the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce. The radio show airs each Thursday morning at 10:05AM on WATA (1450AM/96.5FM) in the High Country. The podcast version of the program is made possible each week by Appalachian Commercial Real Estate and sponsored in part by Appalachian Regional Healthcare System.Support the show

Imagine if we had enough housing in South Australia. It is possible, according to entrepreneur and developer, Barrie Harrop, our special guest this week. Barrie has plans afoot for building a tall hotel in Victoria Square out of timber, a quality resort in Whyalla, and housing developments that offer free electricity to occupiers while making best use of existing road and rail infrastructure and accommodates people who need affordable accommodation. John Gledhill returns to walk us through some new wines; this time they are fortifieds. And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we hear a small snippet from South Australia's Kaurna Cronin, who is about to take his local music to Europe. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of one segment? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We're here to serve! The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast in Australia at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for Best News and Current Affairs Podcast in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: podcast@theadelaideshow.com.au If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store - The Adelaide Show Shop. We'd greatly appreciate it. And please talk about us and share our episodes on social media, it really helps build our community. Oh, and here's our index of all episode in one concise page Running Sheet: How A Green South Australia Can Thrive 00:00:00 Intro Introduction 00:02:46 SA Drink Of The Week This week we are joined by local winemaker, John Gledhill from Gledhill Vignerons, who gives us a sneak peek at his two new fortified wines; a Fortified Durif and a Fortified Touriga. John also gives us a glimpse at the complexity of fortified winemaking. The wines will be available soon on his website: Gledhill Wines. 00:13:16 Barrie Harrop and a green South Australia Someone I've been watching in my LinkedIn feed for some time is Barrie Harrop. Barrie is there, every day, championing anything related to Green Hydrogen, Whyalla, and Sustainable Construction of buildings and houses using Cross Laminated Timber. Among many other things, Barrie is the chair of Thrive Construct, a building and development company that is committed to quality design, life time construction, carbon neutral living, free energy (subject to fair usage) and fast construction. Barrie, although much of your career has focussed on significant scale property development, the one term that seems to tie everything together is entrepreneur. My social media feed would have me believe that South Australia has 17 entrepreneurs for every square metre of the state - every week has some sort of powerful gathering of entrepreneurs, or some sort of award like Best Left Handed Entrepreneur Aged 35 - 30, but in your career, you actually get things done. Could we start by defining what you think makes an entrepreneur a true entrepreneur, and perhaps share a couple of your proudest entrepreneurial successes? Another theme I see running through various "self made" people in my feeds, is how everybody around them is small minded and negative. And I think there's some nuance here. Just because an idea is big or grand or new, does NOT mean it is worthwhile or good. You have had your share of dealing with naysayers, and, one of them that brings this issue to the surface is the Southgate building at the bottom end of King William Street.Back in the 90s, the atypical design for the Adelaide cityscape drew many critics.What was it like, being at the centre of that project, including being the subject of that persistant Financial Review story, entitled, "Developer Adelaide Loves To Hate"? So, Southgate was all about steel but a major theme in your posts over the past year or two has been CLT or Cross Laminated Timber. This material is the centrepiece of your proposed hotel tower for Victoria Square but before we get there, I want to share the story about CLT and also how it's related to building and construction practices in Australia, which I've seen you claim as some of the most wasteful in the world. Turning to Victoria Square, I'm surprised we need a new hotel because everything I have been seeing is talking about scarcity of residential properties in the Adelaide CBD. Can you talk us through why hotel accommodation is the approach you've taken? I'm working with some Flinders University students at the moment and they're grappling with scenarios where a city has a lot of vacant office space and crushing scarcity of residential accommodation. As an entrepreneur and developer, what do you think of the concept of refitting vacant office buildings as residential, or adopting a hybrid approach? Does that have legs, given that landlords traditionally make more money from commercial clients, don't they? Something intriguing about your approach to development is captured in this line on your website: "We're planning the world's largest sustainable and affordable housing projects and as part of the planning we will introduce micro grids (wired and integrated with solar and battery technologies) subject to fair usage clause our model is free energy for our occupients". And you took a shot at the Adelaide City Council's Bus Station redevelopment for its small percentage of affordable accommodation in the mix. How does the affordable accommodation aspect work; what stops investors using tricky methods to steal the affordable allocations away from those in need? Do you have any thoughts on our shrinking Housing Trust stock? Morphettville is being plundered and redeveloped at the moment and a part of me is sad that housing that once helped the less well off is now being converted into little McMansions. You wrote to the Department of Infrastructure a few years ago and you floated one idea to alleviate our lack of affordable housing options. You said 400sqm areas around train stations and tram stops in the suburbs should be rezoned to allow 8-storey developments because it puts people right where transport is and gets the balance right. Do you still hold this view? Have you seen the growth in Mount Barker? Large parts of me die when I see farming land turned over to low densite housing. We can't eat concrete. Where's our food going to come from? Back on the hotel front, you've been writing for some time now that Whyalla is the perfect place for accommodation investment because even broom closets can fetch $200 a night. What is the dynamic at work there and what has you so involved in the town? What makes Whyalla the perfect location for Green Hydrogen production to help us become a green South Australia? I am hearing a lot of criticism about the so-called "dumb" choice of governments backing electric vehicles as the shorthand answer for decarbonising transport, on the basis that our electricity grid, especially in apartment buildings, just can't cope with battery charging. Would hydrogen-fuelled vehicles be an answer or the answer? Finally, I just heard some research being discussed over the weekend about how our ideas get more extreme when we only mix with people who agree with us. How do you keep your ideas sharp and balanced and not given to simple idealism and wishful thinking? Do you have a Devil's Advocate in your circle? 01:07:14 Musical Pilgrimage Given that during the weekend of recording, England reminded us, through the crowning of their/our new king, that they sent people to Australia in the 1800s, it makes sense that we blow a few horns for local singer/songwriter, Kaurna Cronin who will soon be our export back to Europe. He has a number of dates planned - get details and music from the Kaurna Cronin website - but to finish this episode we're going to hear one of his latest songs, Our Way, from his recent album, Harsh Reality.Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michele Adair, CEO, Housing Trust, Chair, Homes Tasmania and non-executive director on forging her purpose-led career through the grace of accidental life lessons, dedicating her work and life to advocating for housing as a human right.   Key Insights (01:45) How did Michele start her leadership journey? Michele's leadership journey has been non-linear compared to most. She entered the workforce after completing an AFS exchange student program and then left to have two kids. Michele wanted to re-enter the workforce but knew she probably needed a degree to do so. After unexpectedly splitting with her husband, the company she worked for went into receivership leaving her without a job and homeless. Trying to make ends meet, Michele took on part-time teaching roles, and was eventually introduced to consulting opportunities through a friend. After 20 years, she got to a point where she was able to take on full-time executive roles until she got to where she is now, CEO and Chair. (11:19) How did Michele hone her justice-fueled influence? For Michele, it's always about the audience and the message. It is not enough to talk to the statistics, but we must talk about the human cost and the human right to have access to housing. (25:33) What tool can Michele share to the audience to add to their Leadership Toolbox? Michele shares the book, Leadership on the Line, with the subtitle Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Change. The book is full of tools, tips and techniques to help us when we're leading organisations, driving change, trying to create influence and understanding what pushback looks like.   Important Resources and Links If you'd like to learn more about how CommBank is supporting the growth of women in business visit https://www.commbank.com.au/women-in-focus.html   Host of the Leading Women podcast, Shivani Gopal is a serial entrepreneur, speaker and advocate on a mission to create a more equal world. She's recognised as a leading business thought leader helping professional women navigate their careers, businesses and financial success. As the Founder and CEO of Elladex and Co-Founder of Upstreet, Shivani was recently awarded the 2022 NSW Excellence in Women's Leadership Award and the Top 50 Small Business Leaders award, As a dedicated advocate for gender equality and for closing the wealth gap for everyday Australians, Shivani launched “Equality 2050”; a campaign to achieve gender equality within our lifetimes. If you're interested in learning more about Shivani visit her website: https://www.elladex.com.au/ The Leading Women podcast is proudly brought to you by Commonwealth Bank.  The series is produced by Nicole Hatherly, recorded at RadioHub Studios with post production by Cooper Silk and Iain Wilson. Things you should know: Guests featured in the podcast are speaking from their personal experiences only. As this podcast has been prepared without considering your objectives, financial situation or needs, you should, before acting on the content consider its appropriateness to your circumstances. CommBank does not necessarily endorse the views of a particular individual or guarantee the accuracy of the information provided.  

South End resident Chip Patullo debunks common concerns about heat pumps, shares great advice on how to start weatherizing your house, and he talks about his work with the Champlain Housing Trust.

Salisbury Affordable Housing Commission Appointed by the Town's Board of Selectmen, this Town commission promotes the creation of affordable housing and supports the town's other two private, non-profit housing organizations. Stay informed by joining the SAHC mailing list. Salisbury Housing Committee A private, non-profit organization that owns, manages, and develops affordable rental housing in Salisbury. Read more about East Railroad Street, a property that was donated to the Committee for the purpose of developing affordable rental units. Read more about the Committee's current project, Holley Place, a 12-unit affordable housing project in Lakeville. Salisbury Housing Trust A private, non-profit organization that develops affordable home-ownership housing in Salisbury. Go to https://www.salisburycthousing.org/ for comprehensive affordable housing information, to learn more about the housing organizations in town, their particular roles and how we can help. You'll find… List of affordable housing properties and contact information in Northwestern CT 2018 SALISBURY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS IN SALISBURY REPORTS FAIR HOUSING/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY INFO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTS HELP FOR CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOME OWNERSHIP COUNSELING & FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS SERVICES & OTHER HELPFUL LINKS

A push to incentivise Queenstown property owners to offer properties as long term rentals- not Air BnBs. The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust's wait list has grown to a massive 820 households. Chief executive Julie Scott says they'd like the Government to consider action on short-term accommodation platforms. She says they could perhaps make it less attractive for people to put properties into short term accommodation - because it's having a major impact on rental supply. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frank & Frank learn more about the Southern Pines Land and Housing Trust, West Southern Pines and the structures and land recently purchased by the trust to continue the original vision in maintaining community-based traditions while creating opportunities for economic growth for the citizens of West Southern Pines and surrounding areas. https://www.splandandhousingtrust.org/ info@splandandhousingtrust.org

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Due to rising property prices, rent hikes, plummeting vacancy rates, many Aussies are now at risk of being homeless. Homeowners and investors may think they're immune, but are we really safe from the ripple effect? Michele Adair, CEO of Housing Trust, joins us today to discuss the worsening housing affordability crisis... What long-term impact does this issue have on our society and how will this affect our lives–regardless if you're a homeowner? We also look into the pressure of rising rent on lower income households, the current situation in the Illawarra, COVID-19's impact on homelessness as well as its correlation to our current labour crisis.  If you enjoyed the show, do like, rate, subscribe, and share us on social media and if you have your own questions you need clarity on, email us at questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au! See you in the episode!   Episode Highlights: The real situation in the Illawarra [02:07] How has the profile of people facing homelessness changed? [07:44] The effect of rising interest rates on investors [09:43] Finding a win-win solution to the housing crisis [17:39] The role of community housing providers [20:34] Why has the government failed to address the housing problem? [24:55] How can the build to rent sector alleviate the housing crisis? [34:03] The need for change in social attitudes [42:32] The REAL cost of the housing affordability crisis [44:31]  What role do councilors play? [51:16]   About our Guest: Michele Adair is the CEO of Housing Trust, an organization that builds and manages affordable rental housing for people on very low to moderate incomes. Michele has Master's degrees in Management and in Public Advocacy & Action, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She was also recognised as the Outstanding Business Leader in the 2021 Business Illawarra awards.   Links from the show: The Elephant in the Room | Episode 66 https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/066 The Elephant in the Room | Episode 191 https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/191 Housing Trust (https://www.housingtrust.org.au/) Power Housing (https://www.powerhousingaustralia.com.au/about-us/) Community Housing Industry Association (https://www.communityhousing.com.au/) CHIA NSW (https://communityhousing.org.au/) CHIA Vic (https://chiavic.com.au/) CHIA Queensland (https://www.communityhousing.com.au/chia-queensland/) Connect with Us: Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? www.gooddeeds.com.au Work with Veronica: https://linktr.ee/veronicamorgan Looking for a Mortgage Broker? www.wealthful.com.au Work with Chris: hello@wealthful.com.au  Send in your questions to: questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au    Find this episode on our website: https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/244   If you've enjoyed this episode, don't forget to like, share, rate and subscribe for more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today - With five officers off-duty following two police shootings since May, the Wenatchee Police Department says to expect longer response times to 911 calls. Later - The Chelan Valley Housing Trust — a nonprofit housing developer in Chelan and Manson — has purchased two new lots in Chelan. Support the show: https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/site/forms/subscription_services/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) NSW CEO Michele Adair talks about her a unique understanding of housing challenges facing older Australians, people living with chronic illness and those experiencing financial hardship.As the CEO of the Housing Trust since 2017, which now manages 1,100 affordable rental properties in the Wollongong region for 2,100 families, in this exclusive interview she explains to Architecture & Design magazine Deputy Editor Jarrod Reedie why State and Local Governments need to increasingly look at mixed tenure developments like Wollongong's Northsea development in order to deliver the right mix of social and affordable housing.Interview conducted on 15/6/2022 by Jarrod Reedie.

On this midweek show, Crystal chats with Emily Alvarado about her campaign for State Representative in the 34th Legislative District - why she decided to run, how the last legislative session went, and her thoughts on how to address housing affordability and zoning, Washington's regressive tax structure, homelessness, climate change, public safety, drug decriminalization, COVID response and recovery. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Find the host, Crystal, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find Emily at https://www.facebook.com/emilyforwa.   Resources Campaign Website - Emily Alvarado: https://emilyforwa.com/   Transcript   [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher, and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington State through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Today, I'm very pleased to welcome to the show - Emily Alvarado, who is a candidate for the 34th District State Representative seat in Position 1 - welcome to the show. [00:00:48] Emily Alvarado: Thank you so much, Crystal. It's good to be here. [00:00:51] Crystal Fincher: Good to be here, great to meet you. I wanted to start off just talking about what made you choose to run? [00:00:59] Emily Alvarado: Yeah, well, I'm running for the State Legislature because I believe that government has an obligation to meet the basic needs of all people, and because I've spent my entire career in public service fighting for just that. I'm a lawyer - I went to the University of Washington School of Law, where I was a Gates Public Service Law Scholar. I'm a Latina, raised in a multicultural household, and I'm committed to advancing racial equity and defending civil rights. I'm the child of public school educators and the parent of two kids in Seattle Public Schools, and I care about the future of our public education and the future of our environment. I'm also running because housing is a human right - everyone deserves access to safe, affordable housing, and I'll bring over a decade of experience to the Legislature to address housing affordability. [00:02:00] Crystal Fincher: Well, that is a huge thing - it's a crisis, as you are very aware of. So what should we be doing to make housing affordable, and is part of the solution increasing density in single-family neighborhoods? [00:02:16] Emily Alvarado: Yeah, thanks for that question. Clearly, our housing system is broken and needs to be repaired. We do not have enough housing choices throughout the state. We have a shortage of hundreds of thousands of homes to meet the needs of people, so we do need to pursue options to create more housing choices in all communities. We need duplexes, triplexes, ADUs in all communities - so we have options for multi-generational households, for first-time home buyers, for seniors to live with their grandchildren, so that we can have inclusion and diversity. We need more density by our public transit investments so that people can have access to their jobs and to transit, and we can address climate change through our housing policy. We need more from the market, and we also know that the market is necessary, but it's not sufficient, to solve our affordable housing crisis. It has not, and will not, be able to serve the needs of extremely low income people, people with no income, people on a fixed income, people working part-time jobs at minimum wage. So I think we also need significant and deep and sustained investment in publicly-financed, permanently affordable housing - including housing to meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness, like permanent supportive housing, which is the proven evidence-based cost-effective and humane solution to addressing homelessness. And we need deep public investments in housing for seniors, for people with disabilities, for low income working families - we need those investments. And third, to help take bold action for housing, we need to make sure that we're protecting tenants and homeowners. Tenants cannot be subject to excessive year-over-year rent increases that exceeds the wages and wage increases of normal families. We can't have year-over-year rent increases that really hamstring people on fixed incomes. So I would take action to make sure that we're providing stability and that we're providing access for tenants. We have to make sure that people who have criminal histories have access to housing, so we're not continuing recidivism and a cycle of incarceration. So there's a lot of steps to take on housing, and I'll put together that bold plan rooted in experience, a deep understanding of what all levels of government - local, state, and federal - what we can do to work together. And I'll build coalitions because this is urgent and it's time to take action now. [00:05:15] Crystal Fincher: You bring a wealth of knowledge with you as a former director of the City of Seattle Office of Housing - you talk about a lot of different tools and we certainly need to be taking a lot of action, varied types of action, to address this crisis. So it sounds like social housing should be on the table, rent control should be on the table - have all of the tools available at our disposal - and those are the types of things that you would be voting to enable or implement if you were in the Legislature. [00:05:46] Emily Alvarado: Absolutely. We need all of the tools and we need significant resource to invest to make the tools actionable. We know that - [00:05:57] Crystal Fincher: Where do we get those resources? [00:05:59] Emily Alvarado: Right. Well, we know that Washington State has the most regressive tax system in the entire country where poor people, low income folks are disproportionately paying a higher percentage of their income to contribute to really critical public necessities - like housing, like education and childcare, like shared investments in transportation and our infrastructure. I believe we need to fix our regressive tax system and we need to do so with urgency. I support a range of strategies to create more progressive revenue, and I think we need to act quickly because that's the kind of scale and resource that it's going to take to solve our most pressing issues. [00:06:49] Crystal Fincher: I think we absolutely need so many of these things - that you are bringing tools to the table that have been shown, have been proven to help in these crises. Looking at how we've been handling the homelessness crisis - you talked so eloquently about supportive housing being critical - we have seen over the past few years, an approach that - it seems sweeps-focused and the criminalization of homelessness and moving the unhoused population around. Okay, you can't be here - we're sweeping your location without providing those services, or without ensuring that services that are relevant to the people needing them are available. Have we been taking the wrong approach by doing that? And what should we be doing? [00:07:51] Emily Alvarado: It's not acceptable to simply move people experiencing homelessness from one place to another. What people need is housing, and they need services and supports to live healthy and stable lives. What we're seeing right now are the outcomes of 40+ years of intentional policy from the federal level - disinvestment and privatization that has really exacerbated and created the homelessness crisis that we see today. Housing is one of the issues in our country where - there is no entitlement to housing. At the federal level, if you need affordable housing, if you have an extremely low income, you apply to a lottery to receive a Section 8 voucher. We can't have a lottery system driving the extent to which people are able to meet their basic human needs. We need to ensure that all people have access to housing. And I think first and foremost, that means that we need our federal government to step back up and reinvest in housing, and reinvest in human services and in social services, and in homelessness supports like through the McKinney-Vento Program, like through the Section 8 voucher program, like through investments in public housing and the National Housing Trust Fund and HUD 202 and 811 - so many sources that we've seen disinvestment from. We need the federal government to reinvest. While they're working on doing that, we need to continue to take action at the local and at the state level to meaningfully solve the problem. And we know what works. As I mentioned earlier, permanent supportive housing works - to move people into a home and give them the necessary behavioral health, substance abuse, social supports that they need to be stable and safe. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to adequately and sufficiently scale up our permanent supportive housing response to be able to provide the housing that's necessary. In addition, Washington has one of the worst behavioral health systems in the nation. And so we've seen that people's behavioral health challenges have increased significantly throughout the pandemic, across the board - in our schools, in jails, in hospitals, and on the street - you see this and yet more than half of the people who need support of mental health services can't access those services. There's nowhere to go. And the people who are providing those services are burnt out and there's not enough of a workforce to be providing adequate mental health and behavioral health supports, especially when people are in a time of crisis. We have to invest deeply in our behavioral health system - make sure that it's a one-stop place where people know how to get care and treatment. And I believe that those kinds of investments that I would work deeply on as a State legislator, paired with really thoughtful, scaled investment in permanent supportive housing and other measures to address poverty like universal basic income and other kinds of supports will make a meaningful difference - and we'll actually solve homelessness and provide dignity and stability to people who are suffering. [00:11:36] Crystal Fincher: So we just came out of a legislative session where some good things happened, some not so good things happened. What was your evaluation of this past session? [00:11:49] Emily Alvarado: Yeah, well, I think there were some significant record investments in areas in which we have under-investment, and we showed that the Legislature can lead. Good examples are in housing - the Legislature made record investments in housing, both in purchasing and acquiring buildings to help move people out of homelessness into housing, new resources for the state Housing Trust fund to invest in community development, equitable development, and affordable housing projects across the state. New resources in housing, especially to help make sure that frontline human service and homeless service workers have compensation for the hard work that they've done during the pandemic. On that end, there were great strides. Similarly, record level of investments in transportation with a real emphasis on creating investments in mobility, in electrification, in buses and Metro and ferries. Those really show that we're moving in the right direction of knowing where we need to invest our resources. Unfortunately, I think we didn't make as strong strides on the policy end. And I know that it was a short session and I look forward to entering the Legislature next year with some strong plans to really move the needle, especially on housing policy, but on other issues as well. We need to make sure that we're bringing together coalitions of people and we're establishing policies and plans now, that can help impact generations to come. Another place where generational-level policy is needed is around planning in our communities for growth. It was really unfortunate last legislative session - that we lost the chance to include in our Growth Management Act and in our comprehensive planning policies - a focus on climate change and on environmental justice. We could have said that all communities under GMA that are planning are prioritizing efforts to address climate change, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to reduce vehicle miles traveled. And instead, we were not able to bring that across the finish line. I'll work hard to make sure that, from a policy perspective, in addition to investments, we're planning thoughtfully on issues like climate change, like housing, like healthcare - to make sure that we have strong, progressive, forward-looking policy. [00:14:44] Crystal Fincher: I think you bring up a number of excellent points. And I do think it was really critical that we saw the types of investments in mobility and transit, and the types of transportation that will move us into a sustainable future. One of the things that a lot of folks talked about and saw was that while we were doing that, which is great, there were also a significant amount of investment in highway expansion and the types of things that - if we take two steps forward with the record transit investments, we take a step back with increasing, continuing to invest in highway expansion. Should we be investing in further highway expanse? [00:15:31] Emily Alvarado: I don't believe that's our priority. I don't think that investments in highway expansion have ever demonstrated that they serve the needs of community in a way that really focuses on equity, that focuses on mobility, that focuses on livability for communities. I would prioritize continued investments in public transportation, in connectivity, in multimodal transit and mobility - to make sure that people can really access communities in a way that is effective, efficient, affordable, and also people-centered. That's the kind of communities that we need to be building for our climate future - we need dense communities where people can walk, where we can have thriving small businesses, where people can bike, where people can commute with their children safely from one place to another. And as a legislator, those are the kinds of investments I would prioritize. [00:16:37] Crystal Fincher: I definitely want a legislator who prioritizes those types of things - will make life just better in so many ways for so many people. What more should we be doing to meet our 2030 climate goals? There's a lot of action that has been taken, but it doesn't have us on track to achieve our goals yet. What more do we need to do? And what will you lead on? [00:17:01] Emily Alvarado: Yeah, well, we obviously have a lot more to do. We have to move towards electrification of our transportation system, and we need to do so urgently and aggressively, and I'd support all of those efforts. As I've mentioned before, affordable housing policy is climate policy. And until we create the policy to build a future of having dense, compact, livable communities, we are never going to address the emissions that come from driving. And we need to prioritize that - one of the things that the state can be doing is to have more alignment in our investment around housing and transportation. I've spent a lot of my career at the local level working on equitable transit-oriented development - really making sure that we're purchasing property or using surplus property by our transit investments to create dense, affordable housing with community facilities, with cultural assets, so that we can both avoid or mitigate or prevent displacement. And also, so that low income people have an opportunity to live in communities by jobs and by transit - many of whom are the most transit-dependent people in our state. So alignment of our housing and transportation investments can make sure that we're creating the dense communities that are needed. We also know that from a carbon emissions perspective, our housing stock is one of the greatest drivers of carbon. And so we really need to take seriously an effort to not only build towards the future, where we're building buildings that are climate resilient, but also looking at our existing building stock. We need new financing tools, new partnerships to meaningfully upgrade and retrofit our existing buildings to move away from fossil fuels towards electrification. And we need to do so with a prioritization on the people who are low income so that they are achieving the benefits, not only of climate justice, but also of electrification, which can bring air conditioning as we see changes in our weather and climate. [00:19:32] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. [00:19:32] Emily Alvarado: So I'll pursue continued strategies to build climate resilience through our housing policy. And lastly, Crystal, I don't want to move on from this topic without saying that - a focus on our climate justice work has to be environmental justice. We need to be investing in communities that are most impacted by air pollution, by water pollution - whose impacts are often aligned with the same impacts of housing policy, including redlining and racially restrictive covenants. We need to start by investing in those communities through grants and partnerships and resources so that there is genuine environmental justice planning that happens, that helps to build the policy platform and strategies for our future. And those are the kinds of strategies that I would follow and invest in. [00:20:32] Crystal Fincher: Our Legislature certainly would benefit from an increased focus and centering and prioritization of that, and I appreciate you prioritizing that. We, in this last legislative session - the Democratic majority and the Legislature overall also took some new action, reversed some prior action - when it comes to public safety and police accountability reforms. Do you think they did the right thing? [00:21:05] Emily Alvarado: I completely support the efforts that were made two years ago to make sweeping reforms in police accountability. And I'm glad that we really took the steps to take meaningful action - it's necessary. I would not have supported the rollback of those laws. That's not the right direction. We need to be intentional and focused on addressing racial bias in policing, on addressing over-policing of communities of color. And I would make sure that we continue to have systems of accountability that can help to repair trust and help to get us back on a path towards real community-led, community-driven public safety. I think, outside of the conversation about the police accountability and police reform measures, we need to take public safety seriously by investing deeply in communities that have been impacted by violence and by intentional disinvestment for decades. And I would start by making sure that people have access to basic needs of housing, healthcare, education, that we have investments in youth activities, in civic infrastructure, in community facilities - so that we have healthy communities. We know that healthy communities are safer communities, they're less violent communities. That's where I believe that true public safety begins. I also think, as I mentioned before, that we need to be investing in a system of crisis response that's actually meeting the needs of what crisis people are facing. If people are facing a behavioral health crisis, we might want to respond with a behavioral health response rather than a police response - and law enforcement agrees with that. So again, we need investments in those kinds of behavioral health crisis responses so that we can meet people where they are and treat people as they need to be treated. I also believe that we need to seriously address gun violence in order for our communities to be safe. I appreciate the efforts of the state to create the new Office of Firearms, Safety and Gun Prevention, Violence Prevention. As a legislator, I would make investments in that office. I would scale the work of that office and make sure that they are prioritizing - themselves - investments and a commitment to communities that are most impacted by gun violence. [00:23:57] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely makes sense. Another area that does impact how safe we are - how we're meeting people's needs who are in crisis - are those who are dealing with substance use disorder. And we've had this War on Drugs that - it's pretty universally recognized as a failure and ultimately as counterproductive. What should the approach to possessing drugs be - should it be treated as a criminal activity or a public health problem? How would you address that? [00:24:29] Emily Alvarado: Yeah, I would definitely start by treating substance abuse as a public health problem. And we know right now that - one, our laws have primarily been designed in a way to focus on criminalization and to focus on over-policing of communities of color. That's how our drug policy for decades has been designed at the federal level and locally. We need to undo those kinds of policies. We also need to make sure that people who are often caught up in systems of incarceration - that we're putting better interventions in place. People should not go to jail because they have a substance abuse disorder. They should be treated for the substance abuse disorder. And that's an investment in public health, that's an investment in our healthcare systems, and in investing in public health and healthcare in a way that's also meeting people where they are - through community-based health care centers, through street-based outreach and services, so that people can get treatment. As I mentioned earlier, too, part of the cycle of recidivism and incarceration is because we put intentional barriers up that don't allow people to live healthy, stable lives. We need to take action now on ensuring that people who have criminal history in the criminal justice system can access housing. People need to be able to have safety and security of a home - and without that, there continues to be people who are caught up in systems over and over again. And then our laws on drug possession and others become other tools by which we continue incarceration. I'll oppose those. [00:26:32] Crystal Fincher: We are still in this time where COVID is spreading, still impacting people. In fact, right now the rates are increasing and even the hospitalizations are increasing. And it seems like a lot of people have just decided to be done with COVID, even though COVID has not yet decided to be done with us. What more should the Legislature be doing to help prevent the spread and mitigate the impacts of COVID? [00:26:59] Emily Alvarado: Yeah, well, first of all, we need to make sure that our healthcare system, which has been serving and supporting people through the pandemic for three years now - over two years now - has the resources that it needs to really serve people. And we know that right now we have a nursing shortage. We know that many of the people who work in the healthcare industry are burnt out, or are quitting, and are overworked. And we need to address that kind of a staffing issue if we want to provide adequate safety for our community, and we want to provide appropriate health care for our community. So I would work on efforts that didn't move forward last legislative session - to make sure that we have staffing safety for nurses and for nursing workers, so that we can have a strong, robust health workforce. We need that as part of our future. We also have to continue to invest in the underlying systems that make people feel comfortable taking days off when they're sick and being at home with their children. Unfortunately, we do have so much economic insecurity and job insecurity that people can't be at home. I'll fight hard for safe workplaces and to make sure that we work on policies so that when people are sick, they can be at home. I'm proud to have support from many labor organizations because I'll fight to make sure that workers can put themselves and their health and their safety before overworking. [00:28:53] Crystal Fincher: Well, and as we conclude this conversation today, I'm wondering - if you're talking to a voter, who's trying to decide between you and your opponent, trying to decide who's most aligned with their values, who they can most count on to fight for what they need - what would you tell them in terms of you versus your opponent and how they should approach that decision? [00:29:20] Emily Alvarado: Look, I believe that we can build a future that works for all Washingtonians. I am hopeful. I believe that investing in robust housing, in healthcare, in childcare, in education and infrastructure - I believe that's absolutely necessary to build strong communities and a thriving middle class. In a state and a region with incredible opportunity, I believe we can have shared prosperity, I believe we can solve our biggest challenges. The difference between me and my opponent is that I've spent my entire career working for social justice. I've spent my life fighting for families who need housing, for individuals experiencing homelessness, for people who want connection and belonging, and for communities who want safe thriving neighborhoods. I have a track record of not only advocating, but also on delivering, on implementing policies, on investing in housing and services for people who need it, and advancing creative solutions. My track record and demonstrated commitment is clear. My personal commitment to social justice and progressive change is clear, as is my ability to bring people together and solve our biggest challenges. [00:30:42] Crystal Fincher: Appreciate that. And just final question - as director of the Office of Housing, certainly you have a lot of responsibility. You were working within an administration that some people have a lot of questions about when it came to their commitment, particularly with former Mayor Jenny Durkan, to the same kinds of values that you talk about. How would you characterize your work within that administration, or your work despite that administration - whichever one is more appropriate - when people are trying to figure out how you fit within that and how you were aligned with Mayor Durkan and her approach? [00:31:21] Emily Alvarado: Yeah, thanks for that pointed question - I appreciate it. I think that the track record that I have of creating progressive outcomes as director at the Office of Housing, at one of the more challenging times of our recent history with tense political tensions, is demonstrative of my success and the effectiveness that I would bring to the State Legislature. I got things done at a time when council and the mayor didn't agree. At a time when I didn't always agree with the mayor, we still moved progressive policy. Just remember - during that time, I was able to make record investments in affordable housing - record investments. I made the greatest number investments in BIPOC-led community-based housing organizations that have ever been made. We implemented a permanent supportive housing pilot to triple our annual production of permanent supportive housing as a COVID response, including by using federal resources. We got more resources to buy buildings and buy land - to move people out of homelessness. We passed record policies on addressing displacement, community preference policy - making sure that communities can stay in place and access affordable housing. I created a rental assistance program during COVID and invested in BIPOC-led, community-based organizations to provide resources to the most impacted communities. I implemented foreclosure prevention policies targeted in communities facing the highest risk of displacement. So outside of the administration, I delivered clearly on the values that I hold dear and I'm transparent about. I worked deeply with community and maintained and built strong, authentic community relationships. And I brought people together to get things done - that's what we need in the Legislature - someone who's going to bring people together and get progressive policy accomplished. [00:33:45] Crystal Fincher: Thank you so much for your time today, for this conversation, and appreciate the time that you spent. Thank you so much. [00:33:53] Emily Alvarado: Thank you, Crystal - I appreciate it. [00:33:55] Crystal Fincher: I thank you all for listening to Hacks & Wonks on KVRU 105.7 FM. The producer of Hacks & Wonks is Lisl Stadler with assistance from Shannon Cheng. You can find me on Twitter @finchfrii, spelled F-I-N-C-H-F-R-I-I. Now you can follow Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts - just type "Hacks & Wonks" into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, leave a review wherever you listen to Hacks & Wonks. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the episode notes. Thanks for tuning in - we'll talk to you next time.

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Bernie Smith, Chief Executive for The Monte Cecilia Housing Trust, in Auckland, one of New Zealand's leading community housing providers, joins us for a talanoa about World Homelessness Day. To find out how you can support the work Monte Cecelia does, go to: https://montececilia.org.nz/donate-volunteer, or if you have a new build you would be interested in leasing to Monte Cecilia, phone them on 0800 624 848. www.montececilia.org.nz See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today is Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Here's a look at the top headlines from around the Northland. The Duluth News Tribune Minute is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune, Superior Telegram and Cloquet Pine Journal. Find more news throughout the day at duluthnewstribune.com.

Housing affordability is on everyone's mind but what's being done? In this episode, we welcome back Michelle Adair, CEO of The Housing Trust. The Housing Trust, which is the second-largest housing provider in the Illawarra, delivering subsidised rental homes to over 2000 people, with almost 1100 properties from Thirroul to Nowra. Michelle is at the forefront of the housing affordability crisis. Her professional and personal experiences will move you as she illustrates how deep this problem runs, and who has the ability to rectify it.   Here's what we cover: What's wrong with the current housing policy? Is focusing on first home buyers an effective strategy? What is the role developers play in this crisis? What is the economic case for providing more social housing Is welfare enabling further social problems or remedying them? How to balance a growing and a stabilising market? Does the government want low housing prices? Who benefits the most from housing concessions? What role can investors play?   RELEVANT EPISODES: Episode 104 | Build-To-Rent the new standard for renters | Adam Hirst Episode 81 | Will a crisis in confidence kill our apartment market? | Eliza Owen Episode 66 | What's causing Australia's housing affordability crisis? | Michele Adair   GUEST LINKS: https://housingtrust.org.au/ Housing: Taming the elephant in the economy [full report] Housing: Taming the elephant in the economy [4-page summary] https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7319955/governments-ignoring-holy-grail-of-affordable-rentals/ https://www.smh.com.au/national/before-she-was-a-ceo-michele-and-her-kids-lost-everything-20210427-p57mqu.html   HOST LINKS: Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent?www.gooddeeds.com.au Work with Veronica: https://linktr.ee/veronicamorgan Looking for a Mortgage Broker?www.wealthful.com.au Work with Chris: hello@wealthful.com.au   Send in your questions to: questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Please note that this has been transcribed by half-human-half-robot, so brace yourself for typos and the odd bit of weirdness… This episode was recorded in August 2021 https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/191 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Monte joins WVMT's The Morning Drive to discuss the housing crisis, the CHT work, and how we move forward with affordability in housing.

Michele Adair is a long-time WOB member with great passion for housing all Australians. As Chair of Community Housing Industry Association NSW and CEO of affordable housing provide Housing Trust on the NSW South Coast, Michelle's goal is to ensure all Australians have access to the basic human right to somewhere to live. Aligning her board roles with her values and purpose is very important to Michele. In this podcast she tells Claire how she was drawn to these roles because of the diversity of policy and the complexity of the policy framework. Michele's interest in social housing also comes from personal experience, after she found herself a single mother with two young children struggling to keep a roof over their heads in her 30s. It was, she says, ‘a pretty tough gig' getting by on just $2 a week after paying her rent. It's a situation, says Michele, that could happen to any woman - our mums, our grandmothers, our aunties, the ladies next door. “Our housing system is broken and in desperate need of reform and we're not even scratching the surface,” she says. A paradigm shift – from governments, the private sector and for-purpose organisations – is needed, she says, to address the housing shortage problem which currently sees 180,000 people on the social housing waitlist. In the podcast Michele also talks about what's involved being on the board of affordable housing organisations - from overseeing huge commercial developments and joint ventures to the joy of giving keys to a home to someone who desperately needs it.   LinkedIn: Michele Adair | Claire Braund (host) Further Information about Women on Boards (WOB) For further information about WOB membership, events & services, please visit our website. To receive our weekly newsletter, subscribe to WOB as a Basic Member (free). Join as a Full Member for full access to our Board Vacancies, WOBShare (our online member platform) and more.

The KC Tenants Union fights to keep people housed amidst the pandemic and end of the eviction moratorium. They expose mega corporate slum lords and defend renters from being displaced. They'll be on the Heartland Labor Forum this week to talk about their campaigns for the mobile home residents being expelled for a new jail, […] The post KC Tenants and the People's Housing Trust appeared first on KKFI.

Rebecca currently holds the position of CEO of Civil Contractors Federation SA and an Executive Director of Civil Apprenticeships and Careers Ltd. Rebecca had worked in the civil, commercial building and construction industries for over 22 years, project managing in various roles before she fulfilled her entrepreneurship streak by starting her own consultancy company an operated it for 10 plus years.Rebecca's early projects played an integral part in the Olympic Dam Expansion Project, Southern Expressway Project (when it was one way), and the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, all of which fostered her love of the infrastructure industry.Rebecca is a single mother of  Shelby, 8, Harrison 10 and Busta, the dog; in her day was an ultramarathon runner where she could run 100kms in 19hours, and she loved to jump out of planes and climb rock faces too.She was a latchkey kid who grew up in an ex Housing Trust home in Christie Downs. Her continued work with apprenticeships and building trade pathways supports her love of talking to young people, parents, the community and schools about the amazing career and life-changing opportunities Construction can provide.  Her life, her family and her career are a testament to it.In this episode, we deep dive into Rebecca's life from her childhood where she faced some really confronting challenges, to living a life battling an autoimmune disease, to starting her own businesses, to having only 10 days off after giving birth to her children, to becoming the CEO of the Civil Contractors Federation SA.This episode is an impactful one with essential dialogue. Rebecca's message on how she faced and overcame many adversities is an inspiration to us all.If you enjoy this episode, please share it with your friends and colleagues, and check us out on synergyiq.com.au.Where to find  Rebecca PickeringLinkedIn Join the conversation on Synergy IQ LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram (@synergyiq) and please support other leaders by liking, subscribing and sharing this podcast.Access SynergyIQ Website to get to know more about us.Say hello to our host Daniel on LinkedIn.Books mentioned on this episode:Can't Hurt Me - Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds - By David GogginsHBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy - Harvard Business Review Must Reads - By Harvard Business ReviewQuiet - The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - By Susan CainThe Art of War - By Sun Tzu, Lionel GilesMindset - The New Psychology of Success - By: Carol S. Dweck PhDMatthew Reilly

The meeting was conducted in a virtual format: some members were in the Municipal Bldg, other committee members and a small group of public participation were remote via the Zoom conference bridge, all to adhere to the ‘social distancing' requirements of this pandemic period. The meeting was a public hearing on the draft Housing Production Plan. It is open from comment until June 25, 2021. At that time, the comments will begin to be incorporated into an update which will also be subject to public hearings in particular by the Planning Board and Town Council as part of their approval process before being submitted to the State. The show notes contain links to the meeting agenda and to the presentation document used. Let's listen to the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust meeting of June 2 ------------ Agenda document  https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/municipal_affordable_housing_trust_june_2_2021_01.pdf (https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/municipal_affordable_housing_trust_june_2_2021_01.pdf)  Copy of the plan can be foundhttps://t.co/K3v1wrc502?amp=1 ( )https://franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/franklin_housing_production_plan_-_may_2021_public_draft.pdf (https://franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/franklin_housing_production_plan_-_may_2021_public_draft.pdf) Link to presentation doc https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uNhzpp7CJn-a8iaCaV3_Ym72o9xrNTy4/view?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uNhzpp7CJn-a8iaCaV3_Ym72o9xrNTy4/view?usp=sharing)  My notes from the meeting https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/06/recap-municipal-affordable-housing.html (https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/06/recap-municipal-affordable-housing.html)  -------------- We are now producing this in collaboration with http://www.franklin.tv/ (Franklin.TV) and Franklin Public Radio (http://www.wfpr.fm/ (wfpr.fm)) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help. How can you help? If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors If you don't like something here, please let me know Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening. For additional information, please visit http://www.franklinmatters.org (www.Franklinmatters.org)   or http://www.franklin.news (www.franklin.news)  If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com The music for the intro and exit was provided byhttp://www.eastofshirley.com/ ( Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley"). The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission. I hope you enjoy! ------------------ You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

Listen in to hear Town Administrator Jamie Hellen chat with Steve Sherlock about the latest topics in Franklin including: Budget Hearings (two nights, 4+ hours) Passed Budget Maple Hill Right of First Refusal Long term topics: Housing Production Plan Stormwater School Budget

Our emergency housing situation seems to be at breaking point - and the Government is being told to do more to solve the crisis. Green Party co-leader and associate housing minister Marama Davidson has come out saying some of our emergency housing is inhumane.She also says the way money is handed out to hotels, with no strings attached, is unacceptableMonte Cecilia housing trust boss Bernie Smith agrees it's inhumane, and told Andrew Dickens he's known it's been a problem for years."Many of us would have taken a family on a holiday in a motel for three or four days for a week, and after that we've had enough of the motels because of the confined spaces."Smith says on top of that you have mental health situations, cold and damp rooms and rodent infestations.However, he says that Davidson has been very silent on emergency housing until now, despite her ministerial portfolio."We have a real crisis on our hands. We have children who are going to suffer for generations to come because we're just not getting it right."He says one way of fixing the crisis is to buy the motels they are using as emergency housing and demolish them to build new houses, or make them fit for purpose.LISTEN ABOVE

Canton's May 22nd Annual Town Meeting will vote on a Housing Trust, Article #32. Canton's Town Planner, Laura Smead and Town Select Board Member Lisa Lopez explain to CCTV's Tanya Willow what the article is hoping to accomplish and how it will be funded. Energy Aggregation, Article 30, is also briefly discussed. 

My guest for this episode is Thom Nees, the executive director of Serve Wenatchee Valley who is also leading the effort to develop the Common Ground Community Housing Trust A community housing trust is a proven way to develop permanently affordable housing in a community. The simple mechanism is that a nonprofit owns the land and buyers purchase the home. This model has been successful in numerous communities, including Leavenworth and the Methow Valley.  The red hot housing market in the region is making it increasingly difficult for working families to afford homes, as anyone who is paying attention to the housing market can attest. This is an effort that can make a meaningful difference. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Look for an upcoming column on this effort in The Wenatchee World. 

The National Housing Trust is a name that we all think of when it comes to purchasing property in Jamaica, but how does the National Housing Trust work for you? In this week's episode, we are talking with Mr. Dwayne Berbick, Manager of Corporate and Public Affairs at the NHT who answers some burning questions, like how one can join the NHT, what benefits you can receive and can people living overseas contribute to the NHT. There are so many useful nuggets of information in this episode on how to save money and purchase your dream property you won't want to miss this one!

CEO of LAR Housing Trust, Ann Leslie, talks about the aims and ethos of the organisation which is funded by loans, not grants, providing mid-market rental homes to Scotland. With 39 developments and a unique, canal-side church conversion confirmed as their next project, Ann discusses how LAR is contributing towards more affordable homes in Scotland.

If you've never thought about moving to Queenstown before, now might be the time.A local housing trust is offering 25 apartments starting at $200,000 - the same price they cost to build.However, there is a catch-buyers won't be able to sell the property on the open market or transfer it to anyone else.Julie Scott, executive officer of the Queenstown Lakes Housing Trust, told Heather du Plessis-Allan these are not free-hold titles - it's a leasehold program."It's what we call assisted ownership or progressive home ownership - so it's a stepping stone towards independent home ownership."She says the goal is to help people a secure and affordable housing option. Scott says that they are selling some of them on the open market, with a one bedroom going for half a million.She says there has been huge interest in the offer. "It's high density residential living in Queenstown, so it's a bit unique, but there are still people who understand the long-term benefits."LISTEN ABOVE

The National Housing Trust (NHT) was established in the belief that homeownership could be facilitated by a public mortgage body that built homes and subsidised the loans to purchase them. The NHT is funded by a “tax” on formal employment equal to five percent of wages, which is to benefit the most vulnerable in society. However, based on the 2016 publication by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), it seems that NHT requires far less money than it currently receives and that middle and upper-income contributors have received more mortgages than those in the lower income groups. The podcast spoke to the executive director of CAPRI, Dr. Damien King, on the issues of NHT and some of the Institute's recommendations for a more equal and equitable function of NHT. Song: Truth and Rights - Protoje ft Mortimer --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkment-politics/support

Damian and I chat with Aileen Edmunds, Head of Social Impact (making good things happen

The National Affordable Housing Trust has as its tag line Helping Create and Preserve Homes for Those in Need. It’s a non profit low income housing tax credit syndicator.For this episode, our reporter Scott King interviews Lori Little, the president and CEO of the NAHT, and Vice President David Lennon as their  organization joined with two other non profits, the Low Income Investment Fund and the Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future to start a new partnership to address the nationwide affordable housing crisis. They are helping to raise one billion dollars over five years to build new housing for those struggling in our communities.  Little and Lennon also discuss their plans and track record in Reno, which already includes helping establish the Sierra Manor for local seniors.   

As we continue our build up to election day 2020, we’re looking now at the issue of housing in N.Z.  In a recent stuff nz article (housing shortages continue to bite in South Auckland 24/9/20)  it stated that the national housing waiting list has grown every quarter since September 2015, & that newly released figures show there were 19,438 registered applicants on the public housing waiting list at the end of July, up from 18,520 the month before. Joining us now on Pacific Breakfast for more is Bernie Smith, CE for Monte Cecilia Housing Trust. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning, RVA! It’s 53 °F, and today’s weather looks just as incredible as yesterday’s. Expect a lovely day with highs in the low 80s. Maybe social distance some beers in your best pal’s backyard?Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 872↘️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 39↗️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 76↘️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 32, Henrico: 20, and Richmond: 24). Since this pandemic began, 361 people have died in the Richmond region. VCU’s number of new cases continues to drop, and they’re holding steady at just under 50 total active cases between students and employees. University of Richmond, on the other hand, has zero active cases and hasn’t reported a new case since the week of September 6th. I don’t know what everyone’s doing out there, but, good job and keep doing it—that is unless you’re just not getting tested or not reporting your potential illness. Don’t keep doing that.Yesterday, the Mayor proposed a new dedicated funding stream for the City’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund, and I’m not sure I’m smart enough to have a great opinion on it. Lemme quote from the release: “Under the proposal, the future tax revenues from properties leaving the real property partial tax exemption rehabilitation program will go directly to an AHTF special fund to build new affordable units. In short, as properties are phased out of tax-exempt status, the Finance Department would direct that new revenue to the AHTF.” So the City has an existing program that gives folks who rehabilitate old buildings a tax exemption for a while—it’s a complex program of which I don’t fully understand the details. The Mayor’s proposal would take any tax revenues from those buildings, once the exemptions expire, and put them into a special bucket designated solely for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. According to the Mayor’s office: “The administration anticipates that this will result in $2 million in revenues in FY22, growing by approximately $2 million each year for the next five years. Therefore, in FY2026, the revenue to the AHTF will be an unprecedented $10 million.” I have lots of questions, but will wait patiently for some of the Housing Big Brains to tell me what I should think about the Mayor’s plan. Because I can’t help myself: I don’t think I love permanent special funds and do wonder, though, if a proposal like this would prevent future reforms/changes to the existing rehabilitation exemption program. Anyway, like I said, I will make space for the Big Brains. P.S. At the bottom of that press release, the City teases the release of their Equitable Affordable Housing Plan, which will drop on September 28th. I’m sure we’ll all excitedly be keeping an eye out for that PDF.Gregory J. Gilligan at the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Bow Tie Cinemas wants to sell all or some of their property on Arthur Ashe Boulevard. They don’t plan on closing either Movieland or The Criterion, which, assuming movies still exist in the future, makes me breathe a sigh of relief. How about this: What if the City bought the 5.88 acre wooded lot directly east of the Movieland parking lots and turned it into a park as part of the proposed Greater Scott’s Addition “Crescent Park?”GRTC has the details on the shuttle that they’ll run from City Hall to the new office of the General Registrar at the end of Laburnum. It’s an hourly bus that runs weekdays from 7:45 AM to 5:15 PM beginning September 23rd. It’s not great, and still makes trips to the Registrar more difficult, but it’s something. I’m not going to celebrate a mildly workable transit solution to a problem that was 100% avoidable and is, still, mostly fixable with some creative thinking about what services folks needs from the Registrar.Those two resolutions—to rename Route 1 within the City (ORD. 2020–153) and the long-running Vision Zero priorities resolution (RES. 2019-R068)—passed yesterday’s Land Use, Housing and Transportaiton committee. That means, at the moment, we’re gearing up for a pretty packed City Council meeting on September 28th. Should the agenda hold, they’ll take up the two aforementioned papers along with reducing fees for sidewalk dining, maybe two resolutions to increase contributions to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (although Mark Robinson at the RTD says Councilmember Robertson will co-patron the Mayor’s AHTF proposal, so I wonder what impact that will have on her own resolution), asking to increase pay for public defenders, rezoning the area around a couple of Pulse Stations, and the Equitable Affordable Housing Plan presentation. Of course, now that I’ve spoken it aloud, all of these papers will get continued into oblivion. You can check out the always-temporary full agenda here.I’ve made a few tweaks and updates to the Big List of Richmond’s 2020 Candidates Trello board. I’ve added a few useful reference links and attached each of the RTD’s questionnaires to the appropriate candidate card. I would love, love, love for folks to send me links to additional questionnaires for any and all candidates. I want this resource to be as comprehensive as possible, so, seriously, send me links. Finally, don’t forget about the Big List of 2020 Candidate Events document. Turns out there are a ton of candidate events. Was it always this way? Are we just more interested in this particular election? Has the pandemic trapped us at home so all we can do is watch candidate events? Anyway, I know I said I wouldn’t, but I’m going to shout out one in particular: The Mayorathon will host a 2nd District forum tonight at 6:30 PM via Zoom. I’ll be moderating this one, in as much as “moderating” means asking smart candidates interesting questions.This morning’s patron longreadThat Time $50 Used Apple Laptops Caused a StampedeSubmitted by Patron Ryan. Remember the “Henrico Laptop Stampede?” This piece in Vice gives some background and history and points out that, while embarrassing for the region, it was more about systemic (and probably racist) lack of access to technology than anything else. Also, even the moniker feels gross and dehumanizing, right?There are two stories about the Henrico County, Virginia school district worth discussing in the context of computing history: The fact that the school may have been one in the first in the country to give a laptop to nearly every student, and what happened to those laptops after the district decided to upgrade. The first is a story about a forward-thinking district leveraging its largesse for the purposes of equipping its student body for the future. The second, unfortunately, kind of has a Lord of the Flies-type vibe. Let’s spend a little time talking about the first part, because it really was an innovative program.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

The Falls Village Housing Trust has submitted a scaled-down version of an affordable housing complex it proposed a year and a half ago to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The current plan, which will be on acreage in the Lime... Read More ›

The Falls Village Housing Trust has submitted a scaled-down version of an affordable housing complex it proposed a year and a half ago to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The current plan, which will be on acreage in the Lime... Read More ›

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Jim is currently the CEO of Haig Housing Trust after retiring from an Army career spanning 35 years from the age of 16. He lives Mark Twain’s maxim ‘Find something you love to do, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life’. This journey took him through life as a soldier, grasping every opportunity presented and seeking to use and develop his talents in pursuit of service and commitment to his country and community. He led units and formations up to Brigade level and was involved in many of the Army’s operational deployments since 1980 including chairing General Patraeus’ Brains Trust in Iraq 2007.His leadership theme is to trust your own judgement in any situation you face as long as you have learned and lost along your journey you will not be far wrong. His top tip is the need for shared situational awareness; making sure all the team work to a common purpose understanding their role in achieving a goal and to understand the criticality of their part while also understanding the bigger picture.#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A Māori housing trust in Kaitaia says it will be able to house people in need two years sooner with a fast-tracked consenting process.  The National Papakāinga Network, is one of the eleven projects included in the Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill.  Six iwi, hapū, and whānau housing projects are covered. One of them, He Korowai Trust in Kaitaia, relocates and refurbishes old state houses, with twenty-four homes set to be done up over the next two years.  It's chief executive Ricki Houghton told our reporter Meriana Johnsen it can now get whānau into warm, affordable homes faster.    

In 1984, the administration of Mayor Bernie Sanders helped to create the Burlington Community Land Trust, the first municipally initiated and municipally supported CLT in the United States. Now known as the Champlain Housing Trust (CHT), it has grown into the country's largest CLT with a real estate portfolio of over 3000 units of permanently affordable housing and over 160,000 square feet of nonresidential space, scattered across a three-county service area. CHT's story is told by its founding president, Brenda Torpy, who later became the organization's longest-serving executive director.

John Hayes talks to Janet Holborow, Kapiti Districtwide Councillor and Kapiti Deputy Mayor about life in Level 3, including work from the Potty Potters, work from the Housing Trust and local emergency response unit

This internet radio show or podcast is number 191 in the series for Franklin Matters now collaborating with Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm ). This recording shares the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust meeting held on Monday, January 13, 2020 in room 205 at 9:00 AM at the Municipal Building

In this episode, Katelynn Harris speaks with Taí Coates, Campaign Media Organizer, and Moha Thakur, Public Engagement and Policy Associate, from the National Housing Trust about the "Where Will We Live" campaign. Their conversation includes everything you need to know about the campaign, including why it started, what they hope to accomplish, and where you can find campaign resources. Learn more about NHT's "Where Will We Live" campaign at nationalhousingtrust.org/where-will-we-live

Last month, the St. Louis County Council voted 4-3 for Councilwoman Lisa Clancy’s bill to establish a trust fund aimed at creating more affordable housing. In this segment, Sarah Fenske talks with Clancy about her proposal, as well as the major developments on housing affordability in the St. Louis region over the past few years. Gary Newcomer, director of operations for the Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis, also joins the conversation.

Paul Young, director of the city's division of housing and community development and John Paul Shaffer, executive director of BLDG Memphis, discuss the recent creation of a local trust fund that will help support the creation and preservation of affordable housing.

Michele Adair, CEO of Housing Trust, joins us and explains how her organization builds and manages affordable housing for people on a very low to moderate income. We're going to find out the difference between social housing and affordable housing. Michele highlights some important factors affecting household affordability.  It's not just about first home buyers wanting to get onto the ladder. So what are the gaps in the system? Here's some of what we covered: What are alternative models for property investment and will they provide more affordable housing? Why households spending 30% or more of total household income, in rent, or in mortgage repayments, are in housing stress. What happens when life throws a curved ball & you can't afford a roof over your head. How much ‘buffer' do you need? Can good urban design & planning eliminate social problems? Why everyone deserves a decent home & why it's Housing Trust's vision. It's an insightful episode, we hope you enjoy listening. Michele's Website: Housing Trust Download the Episode Trascript: www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts066 Work with Veronica? info@gooddeeds.com.au Work with Chris? hello@wealthful.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This week's podcast is a bit different to usual, as we put a spotlight on an event, rather than on an individual change-maker. On Friday 12th October 2018, it will be the annual Brighton Summit, a large gathering of business minds on the south coast convened by the Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce. We explore the purpose and passions that drive The Summit, and why it is genuinely different to other business conferences. This year's theme is 'Look Up'. Put down your phone for a minute. Imagine something. Think a big bigger than you are. What if your world connected with someone else? Can businesses lead change beyond simple profit and loss reports? --- Richard spoke to two of Brighton's key figures, who both represent a very different side of the complex city eco-system. Both will be speaking and sharing ideas at The Summit, embodying the range of business thinking at the event. Andy Winter moved to the UK from South Africa because he would not serve in the army during apartheid, a principle indicative of a future career in practical social change and improving public services. Andy has worked for Brighton Housing Trust for 33 years, becoming Chief Executive in 2003. We talk about the role of the Housing Trust in Brighton's fabric, and what place it has at a business conference. The second guest is Felicity Beckett, the person in charge of the video content for Picturehouse Cinemas. As she will explain, Felicity's deep love of film led her to a 15 year career at Brighton's Duke of York's - the oldest cinema in Britain in the city that gave us the first moving image photography. Felicity is the compere and host of the Brighton Summit, something she always relishes. --- For more information and links to everything discussed in the podcast, please visit www.alwayspossible.co.uk Have you checked out all of other interviews - there are now nearly 60 podcasts available on iTunes, Soundcloud are wherever you accessed this one. Please tell us about your favorites and share with others. The Possibility Club is also an online platform for like-minded people and a monthly event to ask the big questions in business. culture and education? If you want to get help powering your ideas - visit www.thepossibilityclub.org I've been Richard Freeman for always possible and this podcast is produced and edited by CJ Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.

Interview with Judy Feins, the Chair of the Belmont Housing Trust. Interview includes overview of the charter of the trust, a discussion of past and future plans for affordable housing in Belmont and usage of Federal funds for affordable housing in town.

Kevin Zwick, Executive Director of the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County (HTSCC) discusses with host Joanne Greene how HTSCC has invested over $33 million and leveraged more than $1.7 billion to create more than 7,800 housing opportunities. HTSCC's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP2), funded by a $25 million federal grant, is helping to stabilize neighborhoods affected by the foreclosure crisis and helping low to moderate income earners purchase a home. Find out more at http://housingtrustscc.org/ The Affordable Housing Podcast is a production of Eden Housing

Kevin Zwick, Executive Director of the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County (HTSCC) discusses with host Joanne Greene how HTSCC has invested over $33 million and leveraged more than $1.7 billion to create more than 7,800 housing opportunities. HTSCC's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP2), funded by a $25 million federal grant, is helping to stabilize neighborhoods affected by the foreclosure crisis and helping low to moderate income earners purchase a home. Find out more at http://housingtrustscc.org/ The Affordable Housing Podcast is a production of Eden Housing

Transcript -- Homeless people share personal views on what the quality of health means to them.

Homeless people share personal views on what the quality of health means to them.

Transcript -- Homeless people share personal views on what the quality of health means to them.

Homeless people share personal views on what the quality of health means to them.