The Kelsey Civic Center Groundbreaking Video
A recap of an exciting milestone in disability-forward housing with the groundbreaking of affordable, accessible, and inclusive homes in San Fransisco.
Category: Behind the Scenes
Element of the Month: Lia Byrd
Anna Kizito
Anna Kizito is Communications Manager at The Kelsey. Prior to her role at The Kelsey, Anna led strategic communications for various organizations spanning a range of industries including tech, legal, real estate, and civil rights at New York City public relations firm Group Gordon.
San Francisco’s first disability-forward housing community breaks ground
Disability-forward housing is becoming a reality in the heart of San Francisco. On June 8th, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and disability community leaders joined The Kelsey, a San Francisco–based nonprofit that co-develops accessible, affordable, inclusive housing, and its co-developer, Mercy Housing California, to celebrate the groundbreaking for The Kelsey Civic Center.
Element of the Month: Logan Jalil
Lia Byrd
Logan Jalil
Pronouns: He/Him Originally from Atlanta, GA, Logan Jalil is a recent Political Science & Asian Studies graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, TN. During his time there, he developed leadership experience in several organizations that promoted civil engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusivity (DEI), and advocacy. He is very passionate about extending DEI conversations to accessibility, …
Louisa Bukiet
As a Housing Development Manager, Louisa manages business development in new regions and co-development of housing projects. Throughout her career in the built environment, Louisa has worked on a variety of design and engineering projects at all scales, but is most excited when working on the ways shared spaces bring people together to form communities.
Thomas (Tom) Hospod
Tom is our Housing Development Manager, managing the business development pipeline, leading technical assistance projects, and supporting asset management and financial feasibility matters. A lawyer by trade, Tom is a 2015 graduate of the University of Miami School of Law and is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, the District of Columbia, and Florida.
Creating Home for More at The Kelsey
A video from The Kelsey’s team of people with and without disabilities about what it means to create Home for More and build a housing future that’s affordable, accessible, and inclusive.