Housing + Cities
Abundant Housing Requires Abundant Democracy
Candace Avalos (Verde Portland, Neighbors Welcome board member), Jeannette Lee (Sightline Institute), and moderator Alex Zielinski (Portland Mercury) discuss electoral reforms in Alaska and Portland, and their potential to affect housing policy.
Social Housing in Our Backyards: West Coast Campaigns Aim for Housing Access for All
Tiffani McCoy (Real Change and House Our Neighbors!), Darrell Owens (California YIMBY), and moderator Ned Resnikoff (California YIMBY) talk about campaigns for social housing and how this model can succeed in the US.
Showing Up for All Our Neighbors: YIMBY and Houselessness
Kaia Sand (Street Roots), Trisha Patterson (Portland: Neighbors Welcome), and moderator Hanna Brooks Olsen discuss the importance of government, organizations, and the unhoused working together and recognizing each other’s strengths and lived experiences to inform policies.
From Highways to Homes: The Opportunity to Reconnect Communities Divided by Freeways
Shawn Dunwoody (Hinge Neighbors), Regan Patterson (Congressional Black Caucus Foundation), Amy Stelly (Claiborne Avenue Alliance), Marc Wouters (Marc Wouters | Studios), and moderator Ben Crowther (Congress for the New Urbanism) discuss their efforts to remove freeways and replace them with thriving connected neighborhoods.
Recipes for Successful Abundant Housing Communications
In this panel discussion, three expert communicators share how they’ve crafted compelling narratives, engaged coalitions, and garnered press attention for housing affordability and climate policy.
Community Land Trusts in Our Backyards: A Key to Homeownership for Working Families
Kathleen Hosfeld (Homestead Community Land Trust) and Diane Linn (Proud Ground) provide a primer on a housing model that breaks barriers to permanently affordable homeownership.
What Does It Take to Pass Statewide Zoning Reform?
Brian Hanlon (California YIMBY), Mary Kyle McCurdy (1000 Friends of Oregon), and Alex Brennan (Futurewise) discuss recent zoning bills in their respective West Coast states and what it takes to build coalitions for legislative wins.