Jennifer’s Housing Story
Jennifer’s Housing story meant overcoming obstacles, never losing hope, finding a group of friends that embrace her, and supporting herself at all costs.
Category: Advocacy
Affordable Housing & Disability Twitter Chat
Elevating the housing issues impacting people with disabilities, debunk the myths that can prevent real change across the fields of Disability and Affordable Housing, and sharing ideas and resources that can move us closer to a place where all people have the affordable, accessible, and inclusive housing they need.
Raise the Roof 2020
U.S. based adults with disabilities to learn and become more effective in changing housing policy, early career professionals with disabilities that would like to build credentials in housing, or adults with disabilities who are curious about how housing gets built.
Isaac’s Housing Story
Isaac enjoys the freedom of having his own apartment and appreciates the opportunities for quality disability-forward housing.
Fiona’s Housing Story
Fiona lives in San Francisco, she is the Director of Systems Change at Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco and serves on the San Francisco The Long Term Care Housing Task Force, which The Kelsey also participates in.
#WeAreEssential – HCBS Advocacy in Times of COVID19
Grounded in our mission and values, The Kelsey is joining a national cross-disability campaign to ensure that COVID-19 response and recovery efforts are inclusive to people with disabilities.
Responding to Covid19
The struggles of COVID19 have been acute for those with disabilities, those without housing, and those without secure social support and economic stability. The needs today reinforce the need for affordable, accessible, supportive inclusive housing. You can’t shelter in place if you don’t have access to shelter.
Myra’s Housing Story
Myra lives in San Jose and is a member of The Kelsey Ayer Station Community Advisory Group. She is currently on a housing waitlist, and has shared with us her story.
Alycia and Kevin’s Housing Story
Alycia is a parent in San Francisco who participated in early focus groups with The Kelsey on the need for inclusive housing. She took time to share how housing impacts the life of her son Kevin.
In Conversation with Caroline, Cofounder of Be Clear
Be Clear and Caroline have been a long-time supporter of our work at The Kelsey, attending some of our early workshops as part of Together We Can Do More. As a Policy Communications Consultant, the team at Be Clear has researched and supported us in refining key messaging around our advocacy for a dedicated public funding source, in the state of California, for inclusive housing for adults with disabilities.