The Affordable Housing Podcast, brought to you by Eden Housing, is an audio exploration of the trends and challenges being faced by those who are committed to providing housing for low income families, seniors, and individuals with disabilities.
Housing insecurity is a critical issue for many renters. In fact, as so aptly stated in the mission statement of the new organization MAKE ROOM, the human suffering and the astronomical costs to society of the rental crisis is unimaginable. In this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast brought to you by Eden Housing, host Joanne Greene speaks to Make Room's CEO, Ali Solis. MAKE ROOM is dedicated to this problem and to creating bold solutions to end housing insecurity for renters. Ali's been working on housing for the past two decades and has led successful national campaigns. She also appeared on the Affordable Housing Podcast in 2012 to discuss the federal budget's impact on affordable housing when she was Senior VP and Public Policy & Corporate Affairs Executive for Enterprise Community Partners.
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For additional information on this topic, visit:
http://MakeRoom.org
http://edenhousing.org
In 1998, Andy Goodman had a great idea and launched a company to help good causes reach more people with more impact. It was a singular mission and an audacious goal. The Goodman Center offers workshops in storytelling, presenting, strategic communications and more. In this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast brought to you by Eden Housing, host Joanne Greene speaks to founder Andy Goodman. Andy is a nationally recognized author, speaker and consultant. Along with "Storytelling as Best Practice", he is the author of "Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes" and "Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes". He also publishes a monthly journal, "Free-range Thinking", to share best practices in the field.
RESOURCES
For additional information on this topic, visit:
http://TheGoodmanCenter.com
http://HatchForGood.org
http://ImagineLA.org
http://edenhousing.org
For more than a decade, Stephanie Martin Taylor has walked the streets of San Francisco and the Bay Area learning and reporting on the housing issues of our region. She’s talked with real people and heard their personal stories. Formerly an anchor and housing reporter for KQED radio and now the newly named Communications Director for the Episcopal Diocese of California. An award winning journalist based in San Francisco, Stephanie has been focused on housing and development issues. She has a graduate degree in journalism from Columbia, an undergraduate degree from Colgate and was a White House intern.
http://edenhousing.org
Sometimes, we are frustrated by public opposition to our noble work in afforable housing and spin our wheels trying to find a way around it. Rather than discount the opposition, Enterprise Community Partners and The Frameworks Institute tackled the problem head on to find out the values behind some of the opposing views of providing affordable housing and how we can change the conversation around housing. On this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast brought to you by Eden Housing, we'll dive into which messages about affordable housing work with the public and which ones don’t.
Joining host Joanne Greene is Tiffany Manuel, PhD, Enterprise's Vice President of Knowledge, Impact, and Strategy. Prior to joining Enterprise in 2012, Dr. Manuel served as Director of Impact & Evaluation at The FrameWorks Institute, and was a senior policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
RESOURCES
The report, "'You Don't Have to Live Here' - Why Housing Messages are Backfiring and 10 Things We can Do About It":
http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/download?fid=14407&nid=18689
For additional information on this topic, visit:
http://www.enterprisecommunity.com
http://www.frameworksinstitute.org
http://edenhousing.org
The upcoming election is critical and dramatic for many reasons - among ballot questions being considered, there are three important Bay Area affordable housing county measures. On this episode of the Affordable Housing podcast, brought to you by Eden Housing, we'll take you to the keynote plenary session at the recent annual conference of the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, better known as NPH. The conference's keynote plenary session featured an esteemed panel of the key elected leaders who championed ballot measures in their communities.
The panel moderator is Amie Fishman, NPH Executive Director, who guided the panel discussion with Supervisor Don Horsley of San Mateo County discussing Measure K, Supervisor Dave Cortese of Santa Clara County discussing Measure A, and Supervisor Wilma Chan of Alameda County discussing Measure A1.
RESOURCES
For additional information on this topic, visit:
http://nonprofithousing.org/campaigns
http://www.affordablealameda.com/
http://yesonaffordablehousing.org/
http://yesonk.net/
http://edenhousing.org
Three Bay Area Ballot Measure for Affordable Housing
It's been widely assumed that there’s a strong connection between affordable, stable housing and the health of children. Now, we have proof. On this episode of the Affordable Housing podcast brought to you by Eden Housing, we’ll learn about the latest research from Children’s HealthWatch and the National Housing Conference that shows that public investment in housing, including housing for homeless families and rental assistance for families who face food insecurity, clearly improves outcomes for vulnerable infants and young children. And it lowers healthcare costs.
Joining host Joanne Greene is Dr. Megan Sandel, Principal Investigator with Children’s HealthWatch, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, and the Medical Director of National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership.
RESOURCES
For additional information on this topic, visit:
http://childrenshealthwatch.org
http://www.nhc.org/#!2016-housing-as-health-investment/wq5gp
http://edenhousing.org
For over 36 years, the Non-Profit Housing Association (NPH) of Northern California has been the collective voice of affordable housing, working with 750 member organizations and community leaders to push for effective state, regional and local policy, supporting campaigns throughout the nine Bay Area counties, and educating the public on the importance of investing in affordable homes.
Joining host Joanne Greene are Amie Fishman, NPH's Executive Director, and Sharon Cornu, NPH’s first Political Director, to discuss NPH's advocacy goals in this election year, including an affordable housing bond on the November ballot in Alameda County.
RESOURCES
For additional information on this topic, visit:
http://nonprofithousing.org
http://edenhousing.org
The NHC (National Housing Conference) focuses on advancing federal housing policy to help low and moderate income people, strengthening the nation’s housing finance system, restoring neighborhoods damaged by foreclosures and disinvestment, and building stronger communities overall that coordinate housing, transportation, health, education and energy policy. Recently, NHC held its annual budget forum to help those working in and around Capitol Hill to understand how affordable housing fits into the next budget cycle.
Joining host Joanne Greene is Ethan Handelman, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy for NHC. Ethan takes an in-depth look at the proposed budget, the budget process in this election year, proposed and adopted changes to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, and advocacy opportunities for this year.
RESOURCES
For additional information on this topic, visit:
http://nhc.org
http://www.nhcopenhouse.org/
http://www.nlihc.org/
http://edenhousing.org
Most organizations do not work for the day that they are no longer needed. But that’s precisely the goal of the Alameda County Community Food Bank who serves 1-in-5 residents of Alameda County. In this episode of the Affordable Housing podcast, we discuss "food insecurity" - the lack of access to affordable, nutritious groceries. We delve into how poverty often forces people to make impossible choices, what constitutes a "complete grocery basket," and how the economic recovery has not touched our most vulnerable families, seniors, and neighbors.
Joining host Joanne Greene is Allison Pratt, Director of Policy and Services for the last 10 years for the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
RESOURCES
For additional information on this topic, visit:
http://aacfb.org
http://EdenHousing.org
We've been hearing it for more than decade now - a "silver tsunami" is upon us. As the low-income Baby Boomers hit retirement age, what will they need? What innovative housing and healthcare solutions are needed for low income older adults and seniors to successfully age in place?
Joining host Joanne Greene is Mark Ricketts, President and CEO of National Church Residences, who shares his perspective on what's next for older adult senior affordable housing. National Church Residences is based in Columbus, OH develops and manages many types of older adult senior housing communities.
RESOURCES
For additional information on this topic, visit:
http://www.NationalChurchResidences.org
http://EdenHousing.org
