OM DENNE EPISODE
Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters!
In today's episode, I welcome Jennifer Duffy.
Jennifer brings 20 years of experience pioneering new models of housing and service delivery for individuals and working families across the socioeconomic spectrum. Designing and implementing new programs is a strength and a passion that Jennifer brings to her work. She has helped Bay Area cities and counties craft new approaches to maintain and protect existing affordable housing stock during the economic downturn while also designing anti-blight and anti-displacement strategies through innovative public-private partnerships with mission-oriented companies. Throughout her career, Jennifer has researched and disseminated effective management and service technologies to assist people with developmental disabilities, physical limitations, and other challenging conditions associated with housing access issues to find their way home. Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and a Master of Social Welfare degree from the University of Kansas and is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of California.
Listen to find out more about:
[00:01 - 04:49] Opening Segment
- I welcome Jennifer Duffy to the Show
- Bio
- 20 years of experience and counting
- What is Hello Housing?
- Working with partnerships
[04:50 - 17:32] Creating Accessible & Affordable ADUs
- Single family versus multi-family
- The Power of Homeownership
- Jennifer talks about creating innovative housing strategies
- Success is the ability to launch a pilot program
- Creating housing supply in hard-access communities
- Bringing funding for the homeowner
- Aging out of programs
[17:33 - 27:41] Working with Public Partnerships
- Start layering deeper public benefit opportunities
- Collaboration with special populations and service providers
- Creating opportunities for care providers through ADUs
- Working with public partners to continue the production of ADUs
- Housing strategies are infinite
- Jennifer shares the challenges they faced in creating ADUs
- Jennifer discusses the weaknesses of the current loan and financing structures
[27:42 - 31:57] Closing Segment
- See links below to know more about Jennifer Duffy
- Final word
Tweetable Quote/s:
"We believe that there needs to be many approaches to creating affordable prices for people to live." - Jennifer Duffy
"I think ADUs should be an option and possibility for all of the residential unit zones that we have." - Jennifer Duffy
"The ability to shift housing strategies is endless and important." - Jennifer Duffy
"The time is now to act versus being reactive." - Jennifer Duffy
You can connect with Jennifer and Hello Housing through www.HelloHousing.org
You can learn more about their ADU pilot project at
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Accessible Housing Matters is dedicated to raising awareness about important issues around accessibility and housing, and getting conversations going. I'd love to learn more about what's on your mind, and get your feedback about the show. Contact me directly at stephen@accessiblehousingmatters.com to share your thoughts or arrange a call.
