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
A major problem in the US and throughout the world is affordable housing for elderly and disabled households. There are plenty of excellent housing developments in the USA that are attempting to bridge the gap. Funding enough affordable housing for the elderly and disabled is a major struggle. I do not know the answer to this question. There are good people… Read More Social Housing and Loneliness, is Coffee the Answer?
As project leader of the European Safe at Home Project, that includes social housing providers in tackling Domestic Abuse, I’ve learned how important the role of social housing providers can – and should- be. But I have to admit that I never fully realized how challenging the task of social housing providers is. The inspiring… Read More Tackling domestic abuse with ‘Safe at Home’
By Emily Casebeer Development costs in western Washington and across the United States continue to increase. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Associated General Contractors of America, the cost of construction is rising (Anderson, 2018). Hard construction makes up a large portion of these costs. 30% of hard construction costs are… Read More Affordable Housing is Unaffordable to Build
By Diane Anastos Anyone who has ever volunteered with a community council, a nonprofit board or a nonprofit organization is familiar with turnover; the complaint that it’s always the same people doing all of the work and the personality conflict that crop up. As the Resident Initiatives Coordinator for the St. Paul Public Housing Agency in… Read More Public Housing Resident Councils: How to Encourage Resident Participation
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
The warm sun beat down upon my face. It was my first official day living in Phoenix. January is a good time to move to this city in the desert. On this particular day it was around 76 degrees and extremely sunny. Having just left Seattle where it had rained for 18 days in a… Read More City Shocked: The Experiences of A Seattle Urbanest Moved to Phoenix
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?
Diversification of tenant needs is a broad topic. This morning pitch of the Collaborative Housing session showed all in attendance that trying to start a whole new housing industry from scratch is the definition of responding to tenant needs. Estonia started a major housing reform around 10 years ago. Estonia is a good example… Read More How Estonia is Managing Major Housing Reform
The European Federation for Living (EFL) just wrapped up its annual autumn conference located this year in Gent, Belgium. Over sixty participants from across Europe attended the conference, ranging from social and public housing associations, universities and research institutes, and private businesses working in the housing sector. Tenant engagement and cooperative and collaborative housing… Read More Collaboration, Cooperation and Tenant Engagement: The Future of Social Housing
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