Designed using the Inclusive Design Standards, 38th Avenue Apartments offers 52 units of 100% affordable housing. The community was designed by Architects FORA and is being developed by MidPen Housing.
8 Partridge Street, located in Daly City, California, is an excellent example of adopting the Inclusive Design Standards to serve a diverse, multigenerational community. Designed by David Baker Architects and developed by MidPen Housing, this community is projected to open next year.
Our Narrative Change Cohort stories are here! Over the past year, disabled leaders from across the country have been writing, workshopping, and exploring how storytelling can reshape the way we think about disability and housing. These powerful stories challenge exclusionary and ableist narratives by sharing real experiences of navigating housing in the U.S. Take a look!
2024 was filled with more community, more friends, more partners, and more opportunities to bring disability-forward housing to communities across the country. We’re proud to share all we’ve accomplished this year.
In this episode of the Leaders for Inclusive Community podcast, host Isaac Haney-Owens interviews Ari Katz, who manages fundraising at The Kelsey. They discuss the importance of donations in creating affordable, accessible, and inclusive housing, the values that drive their fundraising, and the impact of giving. Ari also shares personal anecdotes from their work at The Kelsey, the significance of an abundance mindset in fundraising, and the transformative power of donations in building a supportive community.
In this episode of the Leaders for Inclusive Community podcast, Isaac interviews Brittney Harris, Housing Development Manager at The Kelsey; LaTangela Foster, Housing Director at AIDS Alabama and The Kelsey Disability & Housing Narrative Change Cohort member; and Veronica McGee, longtime resident and advocate in Birmingham. The conversation explores the development of The Kelsey Avondale, The Kelsey’s first co-development outside of California. The participants discuss the community’s features, local partnerships in Birmingham, and ongoing advocacy efforts for disability-forward housing across Alabama.
The Disability and Housing Narrative Change Cohort is a year-long virtual program bringing together disabled leaders from across the country to share and amplify their unique housing experiences.Facilitated by staff with lived experience, the cohort works to shift what we call dominant narratives challenging ableist policies and practices that drive exclusion. Cohort members write their personal stories, engage with narrative change experts, receive peer support, and gain training on using storytelling as a tool to advocate for disability-forward housing policy and engage with the media. We’re excited to bring you along for a conversation with one of the most groundbreaking storytellers of our time: Keah Brown.
The next president must take these 8 actions to address the housing needs of people with disabilities of all ages, particularly extremely low and low-income disabled people.
Kate Sullivan 0:00 My name is Kate Sullivan, and I am the host of To Dine For. I’m a journalist of foodie, a traveler with an appetite for the stories of people who are hungry for more, dreamers, visionaries, artists, those who hustle hard in the direction they love. I travel with them to their …