Affordable Housing Podcast

Closing California’s Digital Divide, with California Emerging Technology Fund, Comcast, and Eden Housing

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Closing California’s Digital Divide, with California Emerging Technology Fund, Comcast, and Eden Housing
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The world has gone digital, and like everything else, access to digital technology and adoption isn’t as accessible in low income communities. It is becoming increasingly imperative for educational advancement, health improvement, employment, and well-being to have access to a computer and the Internet. Nearly three of four California households have broadband Internet connections at…

Affordable Housing in Australia, pt2

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Affordable Housing in Australia, pt2
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In this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast, we travel back down under for part 2 of “Affordable Housing in Australia”. We welcome back Ken Marchingo in a engaging discussion with host Joanne Greene about the Australia’s housing landscape, the cost of not providing affordable housing, and how Haven; Home Safe partners with the government…

Improving Affordable Housing in the U.S.A., with David Smith

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Improving Affordable Housing in the U.S.A., with David Smith
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On this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast, David Smith, founder and Chairman of Recap Real Estate Advisors shares his insights on current and potential initiatives to improve the health of affordable housing in the U.S.A. Smith is also founder of the global non-profit Affordable Housing Institute, which develops sustainable housing financial ecosystems worldwide. For…

Affordable Housing in Australia with Ken Marchingo

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Affordable Housing in Australia with Ken Marchingo
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In this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast we travel down under to learn about affordable housing in Australia. Joining us is Ken Marchingo, founder and CEO of Haven; Home, Safe. Marchingo is a pioneer in the field of social housing and housing affordability. Haven; Home, Safe is Australia’s only vertically integrated affordable housing association…

Changing Behavior in Buildings for Climate Change, with Dr. Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez

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Changing Behavior in Buildings for Climate Change, with Dr. Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez
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Buildings account for 42% of all U.S. GHG emissions. Reducing occupant energy consumption through behavior change can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of buildings. Behavioral changes have little to no cost and require no regulation to achieve. Recent studies show that simply giving office building occupants a web page where they can track their energy…

The 2012 Federal Budget and its Impact on Affordable Housing

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The 2012 Federal Budget and its Impact on Affordable Housing
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In February 2012, President Obama submitted a $3.8 trillion budget to Congress with $4 trillion in long-term deficit reduction measures that included spending cuts, tax increases and other measures of tax reform. The President called for $44.76 billion to be spent on programs in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a 3.2% increase over…

America’s Youngest Outcasts 2010: The State of Childhood Homelessness in America with Dr. Ellen Bassuk

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America’s Youngest Outcasts 2010: The State of Childhood Homelessness in America with Dr. Ellen Bassuk
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Homelessness is one of the sadder outcomes of our economic crisis. Child homelessness is, perhaps, the most tragic result. According to America’s Youngest Outcasts 2010, a report by The National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH), more than 1.6 million American children, or one in 45 children, are homeless each year – a 38% increase in…

Redevelopment Agencies – The Aftermath of the Supreme Court Decision

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Redevelopment Agencies – The Aftermath of the Supreme Court Decision
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As part of its effort to balance the budget in 2011, the Governor and the State Legislature voted to eliminate local Redevelopment Agencies throughout the State of California. The legislation passed two trailer bills along with the budget – AB 1×26 eliminated redevelopment agencies and AB 1×27 would have allowed them to continue to exist…

Redevelopment Agencies Update, with Attorney Michael Kiely

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Redevelopment Agencies Update, with Attorney Michael Kiely
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Earlier this year, California passed two pieces of legislation – ABX 126 and 127 – that could have major consequences for affordable housing. On this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast, we focus on the pending State Supreme Court decisions on the legality of these bills and, more generally, how the future looks for redevelopment…

NeighborWorks America, with CEO Eileen Fitzgerald

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NeighborWorks America, with CEO Eileen Fitzgerald
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Since 1968, NeighborWorks America has been a national leader in affordable housing and community development with a great track record of creating opportunities for lower income people to live in affordable homes in safe, sustainable neighborhoods. On this episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast, NeighborWorks Chief Executive Officer Eileen Fitzgerald discusses the organization’s history, the…