We at ^Housing Futures believe in celebrating leaders who chose public housing as their career and passion. Today we examine three leaders that work at medium to large sized housing authorities across the USA. Fred Mckinnies: Jacksonville Housing Authority: Phil has been the ED at this housing authority for several years. This PHA has made… Read More 3 Public Housing Leaders from Medium Sized Agencies You Should Know
The inhabitants of the North of England are often referred to collectively as ‘Northerners’, often as a reference to being ‘other’ to the London-centric ‘Southerners’ of the country. Yet within this group there are significant variances, not least between the North West and North East. Despite the North East’s access to the North Sea for… Read More Convention of the North 2018
Take a look around you. Look at the leaders of the Chicago Housing Authority. Look at the leader of the New York Housing Authority. What is happening down in Atlanta and on the coast in LA and Seattle? In many large public housing authorities across the country, you are seeing a lot less executive leadership… Read More Why Do Large Public Housing Authorities Not Hire Executive Housers?
The latest assault by the Republican Administration on affordable housing should have every executive team at every PHA across the nation thinking about ways to diversify, streamline and mix up their operations. One of the most interesting ways to protect your PHA might just be to get into the Moving to Work game. If you… Read More Why Every PHA Should Go For Moving To Work (MTW)
We at ^Housing Futures believe in highlighting those who dedicate their careers to the provision of social housing. Today we learn about the Executive Director of Home Forward in Portland, Oregon. Q: What is your background (place of birth, place of residence, education, profession)? I grew up in a small town in Washington state and… Read More Public Housing Profile: Michael Buonocore from Home Forward in Portland Oregon
In a fast paced and often competitive work environment, top performers in the housing sector rarely stand still for long. Add to this the speed of technological advances, combined with an often highly volatile and fluctuating jobs market, and there can be no doubt those who embrace change and are responsive to new ideas have… Read More Retaining Top Performers – Embracing New Ideas
I stepped out of the cab to meet my guide. He was a few minutes late. My mustache and beard froze within 2 minutes where my breath came out. Welcome to a hard-Russian freeze. I visited St. Petersburg in March as they were experiencing a cold-snap which made me reconsider my visit. My guide walked… Read More Homeless in Russia: The Start of The Largest Homeless Non-Profit:
In my several years working in affordable housing, I visited maintenance teams all around the USA and Europe. Sometimes I met with monstrous teams of maintenance staff and other times a small group led by a manager. The one common theme is that morale and training make or break the ability of a maintenance team… Read More How the Seattle Housing Authority is Getting SMART with Maintenance Training and Innovation
We here at ^Housing Futures believe in highlighting the leaders who fight and work for the provision of affordable housing around the world. Below you will learn about 5 very important affordable housing leaders working in the US state of Oregon. Michael Buonocore- CEO Home Forward formerly Portland Housing Authority-Michael became Home Forward’s executive director in… Read More 5 Public Housing Leaders in the State of Oregon You Should Know
The simple answer is hell yes. This is not because you have an inefficient organization, lazy people or staff who like sitting around in meetings all day. It is because meetings are important tools that allow us to communicate important information, make decisions and convene with our teams to make sure they are going as… Read More Can Your Housing Authority/Homeless Organization Have More Productive Meetings?
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