If Cincinnati's Walls Could Talk

In our concluding episode, Kenny Smith and Jenna Normalshare their insights from this season, reflecting on the possibilities of using lots of small solutions to solve this big problem.

Producer: Jacob Sheridan

Shelby King, Journalist at Shelterforce, has been coveringhousing issues all over the country for over a decade. She shares her perspective on where housing culture is right now, what stands in the way of reimagining our relationships with where we live, and why there are some reasons for hope in this moment.

Host and Producer: Alexis Spurlock

Stephen Kendall, Professor Emeritus of Ball StateUniversity, has spent his decades-long career pushing forward the concept of open architecture, which asks us to re-think who we design for and how.

Interviewers and Producers: Sylvia Thang, Ava Denegar, andTori Walker-Gulley

Ponce City market has effectively brought revitalization to theOld Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta. The project has brought jobs, commerce, and connection. You can also access the Atlanta BeltLine, a project which connects Atlanta by revitalizing its former rail into walkable spaces. This instance of adaptive reuse is regarded as being highly effective, but itwasn't done alone.

Thank you to Frances Bohn of Jamestown LP for participating in the podcast and to Nathan Fenske and Max McGill for both audio editing and hosting the interview.

References:

https://poncecitymarket.com/

https://www.jamestownlp.com/properties/ponce-city-market

https://discoveratlanta.com/things-to-do/shopping/ponce-city-market/

https://travel.usnews.com/Atlanta_GA/Things_To_Do/Ponce_City_Market_64741/

The City of Minneapolis passed zoning reform in 2018 thateffectively eliminated single-family only zoning. Seven years in, Eden Spencer shares her perspectives on how its going based on experience as both a developer and a representative of the City.

Interviewers and Producers:

Nate Carney and Jaclyn Mauro

The Missing Middle Housing Fund works across the PacificNorthwest to find solutions to the hurdles that stand in the way of building middle housing at scale. Nathan Wildfire, CEO of the Missing Middle Housing Fund, sharing his vision and insights on MMHF’s efforts to re-make American housing.

Interviewer: Siobhan Bracken

Producers: AJ Earlywine and Maxwell Toombs

Opticos Design is responsible for launching the movement forMissing Middle Housing, leading planners and policymakers throughout thecountry to rethink how to build walkable and affordable neighborhoods. DanielGrinspan, Senior Planner at Opticos, shares his perspective on the changinglandscape of housing in the United States.

Host and Producer: Rachel Saine

Thank you to Chris Bongorno, TDM Practice Lead atToole Design Group, and Immediate past president of the Yellowspring Home Inc,for participating in the podcast, and to Sam Rayburn for hosting the interview,and Aditiya Pradhan for editing the podcast, and working on the script andresearch.

Credits:

- https://www.yshome.org/: Yellow Springs Home Inc.

- https://www.cltweb.org/resources/what-is-a-community-land-trust/: What Is a CommunityLand Trust?

- https://www.cetconnect.org/can-community-land-trusts-help-increase-home-ownership-in-cincinnati-and-dayton/: Can community landtrusts help increase home ownership in Cincinnati and Dayton?

Host: Sam Rayburn

Producer: Aditiya Pradhan

Welcome to Season 4, where we look around the country forinspiration on how we can change housing ownership, design, regulation, andculture.

Hosts: Kenny Smith and Jenna Norman

Producer: Jacob Sheridan

Welcome to Season 4 of If Cincinnati's Walls Could Talk! This year the students of Housing Systems have hit the road (figuratively), speaking to practitioners and experts around the country about housing alternatives that could point the way out of our current housing crisis.

Look for the full season Monday, January 26.

Thank you to all the students and participants in this season!