Designing a Disability-Forward Housing Future | SXSW 2024
The Kelsey’s full panel conversation, “Designing a Disability-Forward Housing Future,” at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2024.
Category: Advocacy
The VITAL Act has been introduced in the United States Senate.
The VITAL Act, Visitable Inclusive Tax Credits Act for Accessible Living, has been introduced in the United States Senate. If enacted, the bill would increase investment in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) and ensure that developers are building more accessible, affordable housing.
BAHFA Equity Framework: Disability-Forward Recommendations
The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) is the state’s first regional housing finance agency. The Kelsey joined as a member of the BAHFA Equity Working Group, convened by UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute, with the working group establishing an Equity Framework to serve as the foundation of the BAHFA Business.
Urban Institute & The Kelsey Publish New Research
The Kelsey partners with The Urban Institute for assessment on the housing needs of people with disabilities.
Joining the Terner Center Housing Lab
The Kelsey & Urban Institute launch: Disability-Forward Housing Future – A Needs Definition and Case for Impact
The Kelsey partners with Urban Institute on a project entitled: Disability-Forward Housing Future – A Needs Definition and Case for Impact. The research will serve as a blueprint for what existing data tells us, what further research may be needed, and the broad-based policy solutions to meet the need. At key milestones, this project is being guided by a pilot Community Advisory Board, which you can learn more about in this post.
Making the Right to Community Living A Reality
It is Disability Pride Month, 32nd anniversary of the ADA and the 23rd anniversary of the US Supreme Court Decision of Olmstead. Check out the #OlmsteadAt23 Twitter chat recap and hear from partners about how this nation can make the right to community living a reality.
Allie Cannington featured on the Freddie Mac Multifamily Podcast
Allie Cannington, The Kelsey’s Senior Manager of Advocacy and Organizing, is featured on the Freddie Mac Multifamily Podcast.
The Kelsey Testifies Before Congress: Disability-Forward Housing Is Critical To Addressing Financial Inequities
Opening Statement “Chairwoman Beatty and Ranking Member Gonzalez, and members of the Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. My name is Allie Cannington, a white queer disabled jew living in Oakland, CA, who has been organizing in the cross-disability rights movement for over a decade. Currently, I am the …
Joining Disability Economic Justice Collaborative
The Century Foundation and Ford Foundation recently launched the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative to level the playing field regarding economic justice for people with disabilities. The Kelsey is thrilled to Join the Collaborative to advance housing access, as essential to both disability justice and economic opportunity.