Community Wise: LISC Greater Kansas City

The ROAD Forward Regional Housing Program


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Holly Long from LISC Greater Kansas City is joined by the following guests to discuss the ROAD Forward project:

  •  Ed Lowndes, Housing Authority of Kansas City
  • Melesa Johnson, Mayor’s Office of the City of Kansas City
  • Ben Payton, LISC Greater Kansas City
  • Lauren Palmer, MARC

Recognizing that much of our workforce and their families cannot afford to live near their jobs and that a family’s zip code is the greatest predictor of a child’s future health and earnings, the Regional Opportunity Area Development Finance Initiative (ROAD Forward) was developed as a regional collaboration to encourage affordable housing development near jobs and educational opportunities in the Kansas City, Missouri region. 

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