Working in housing and homelessness the last 10 years has allowed me to meet amazing and inspiring people. I have met people selling homeless newspapers in Hannover, Germany, leaders in Portland, Oregon, real estate developers in Arizona, advocates in Scotland. Every day, I meet people who give their life’s to helping those who have the… Read More The Saint for the Homeless of St. Petersburg Russia: Igor Antonov-
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)
Access to affordable housing is a challenge in this 38 million EU member state. While that can be said in probably every EU country, the culture of families taking care of each other might hide some of the underlining issues. Many poles stack up with relatives and deal with being under-housed. The government in Poland… Read More Affordable Housing in Poland
One of the most interesting things I found about Nochlezhka and their organization was the night bus. As the annual report said, “ Going back from the street to a stable life requires a lot of effort. To start homeless people need to eat, otherwise they simply will have no energy to get their papers… Read More Homeless in Russia: Saving Life’s with the Night Bus:
A few years ago I told a group of friends in Germany that I had been in more European cities than American. In fact, in 2015 at the age of 34 I had never visited New York City. A few months later, I finally made my way into the Big Apple and was amazed by… Read More China Is Building a City 3X Bigger Than New York: Housing and Urban Policy
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
Tuesday 20 March, the president of the Metropolitan Region of Lyon mr. David Kimmelfeld and ms. Anne Warsman, general director d’immobliere Rhône Alpes, officially announced that the second edition of our International Social Housing Festival will be held June 4th to June 7th 2019 in Lyon. The festival will be organized by the Metropolitan Region of Lyon… Read More Next International Social Housing Festival in June 2019 in Lyon!
Portuguese Social Housing: Stronger, Smarter and Better Than Before. As I walk around the beautiful old neighborhoods of Lisbon, it is not easy for me to believe these are social housing units. The bright colors of the buildings seem to fit in well with the sunny skies and intensely colored lemon and orange trees. The… Read More Fear and Loathing in Portugese Social Housing Part I:
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:
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