This month The Kelsey joins a cohort of three teams who are leading national policy initiatives. We were accepted into the 2021 summer cohort of the Rise Justice Labs accelerator program, running from August to November 2021. This 12-week program is designed to support us in passing federal legislation around disability-forward housing.
Allie Cannington, Manager of Advocacy and Organizing provides a virtual tour of The Kelsey Ayer Station and The Kelsey Civic Center to investors and partners.
On this day in 1999, Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C., mandated that segregating people with disabilities into institutions constitutes discrimination and violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Olmstead was a case about housing and community living. L.C., Lois Curtis, had received care in a Georgia hospital. Yet, when she was ready to move back to the community, that option was denied.
In this episode, Isaac interviews Olya Krasnykh, Assistant Vice President, and Todd Regonini, Chief Development Officer of Sares Regis Group of Northern California about building housing communities for people with and without disabilities.
Fatimah Aure is The Kelsey’s Director of Field Building & Capacity. With a communications degree from Northwestern University and a Public Policy Masters from UC Berkeley, she leads The Kelsey’s efforts to grow the field of leaders, advocates and champions of disability-forward housing solutions.
Over the past year, we have made steady progress towards groundbreaking on our fully inclusive, mixed-ability, mixed-income community in the heart of San Jose.
In this episode, Isaac interviews Amy Kleine of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation about funding solutions for accessible, inclusive housing.
In this episode, Isaac interviews SF District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney about advancing policies for disability-forward housing solutions.
The Kelsey strongly supports the HAA and believe that the success of the HAA is deeply connected to the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to $400 billion HCBS investment in the American Jobs Plan.
More often than not, housing doesn’t meet the needs of people with disabilities. Some housing is too expensive, and some housing is too hard to navigate physically, emotionally, or otherwise. In part, this is because there are not enough disabled leaders working in the housing field. Also, people with disabilities are not often taught about the housing field and how housing gets built. Because of this, they are not often given the opportunities to get more involved in the housing field. If there can be more disabled leaders in the field, they can help to transform housing so that it can be more affordable, accessible, and inclusive.