ZAHP! The Zootown Affordable Housing Podcast

ZAHP! The Zootown Affordable Housing Podcast

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ZAHP! The Zootown Affordable Housing Podcast episodes

  • 7: Bob Ruby and the Tiny House Village Project Missoula

    Bob Ruby lives in Missoula and is a man of many interests.  For the purposes of this episode, however, we talk about his plans for a sustainable, tiny house village that he plans to implement when the right piece of land is found in the surrounding area.  Bob has many creative ideas for his tiny house village, and after listening to this episode you can contact him to find out more by searching for the 'Tiny House Village Project Missoula' page, or searching for 'Bob Squatch' on Facebook.  

    1 hr 5 min
  • 6: Nate Richmond, CEO of BlueLine Development

    BlueLine Development (https://bluelinedevelopment.com/) is the developer currently collaborating with the Missoula Housing Authority, Homeword, and other local and statewide entities to build over 400 units of affordable housing in  Missoula in the next 2 years. Find more information on the 200 unit Villagio project at https://missoulahousing.org/development-projects, and by Google searching the Trinity Project, projected to add another 202 units within the next 2 years. In this interview we talk to CEO and co-founder Nate Richmond about how these projects are made possible, what challenges they face, and the societal issues they aim to provide relief from.

    45 min
  • 5: Neighborworks and Homeword! Interviews with Kaia Peterson of Neighborworks and Jessica Burson & Julie Pavlish of Homeword

    ****Episodes 1-5 of this podcast were recorded prior to my changing hosts to Anchor FM.  This podcast is no longer hosted by Podbean.***  

    Kaia Peterson is the Executive Director of Neighborworks Montana https://www.nwmt.org/, an organization that works statewide to create attainable home opportunities for people whose income qualifies.  In Missoula Neighborworks sponsors HUD approved home buyer education and counseling, offered locally by Homeword.  Neighborworks also provides lending in the form of individual home loans as well as financing for affordable housing developers. Finally, they help manufactured home owners purchase and manage their homes and mobile home parks via a resident owned community program.

    In early May 2019 I spoke with Jessica Burson (Homeword's Communications and Fundraising Manager) and Julie Pavlish (Homebuyer educator at Homeword), http://www.homeword.org/, for Missoula Community Radio's Multipurpose Show. In this interview we talk about Homeword's tiny home project, Montana Street Homes, and Julie Pavlish speaks about Homeword's offerings in home buyer education and counseling.  Check back with ZAHP! for an upcoming interview with Andrea Davis, Executive Director of Homeword.

    45 min
  • 4: Heidi West, City Council Member, NMCDC Coordinator & Community Organizer
    City Council member Heidi West ended up in politics when she got involved in the cleanup of the former State Superfund Site in North Missoula.  Aside from her current position as City Council member representing Ward 1, Heidi is Coordinator and Community Organizer at the NMCDC (the North Missoula Community Development Corporation, learn more at http://www.nmcdc.org/), while also maintaining a creative space at the Clay Studio, and mothering her family of 4 . In this episode she gives me her take on the housing Policy signed by the city of Missoula in June 2019, and she also talks about her experience as the project manager for Lee Gordon Place, a local affordable townhome project available only to qualified buyers and created by the NMCDC via their Land Stewardship Program. Among other things, Heidi also shares her own personal housing story involving many years of hard work eventually leading to a happy ending.  Reach her via the following website: https://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/directory.aspx?eid=24And thank you so much for listening!
    1 hr 13 min
  • 3: Eran Pehan, Exec. Dir. of Missoula's Dep. of Housing & Community Development
    For the 3rd episode of ZAHP! I met with Eran Pehan to find out more about how the housing policy signed by the city of Missoula in June, 2019, is being implemented. Eran Pehan is has been Executive Director of Missoula's Department of Housing and Community Development for the past 3 years. Prior to that she was Executive Director of the Poverello Center, Missoula's homeless shelter, for 10 years. We speak (among other things) about current affordable housing projects in Missoula, what the future of affordable housing in our town looks like, and how people can get involved.  For more information on the work of Eran Pehan and Missoula's Department of Housing and Community Development, click on the following link: https://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/2086/Housing-Community-Development, and thanks for listening!
    53 min
  • 2: Tiny Home on Wheels with Blake Kelley
    Thank you for checking out the second episode of ZAHP! In this interview we take a tour of my younger brother Blake's tiny home on wheels.  He has been building it over the past 3 years all by himself, and shares with us the stories and problem solving that have gone into it's creation. If you have any further questions after listening to this interview, or if you or anyone you know might like to contribute in any way to ZAHP!, please contact me, Becca, at [email protected] surprise guest in this episode is local muralist April Werle.  Find samples of her work on Instagram @aprilwerle
    55 min

About ZAHP! The Zootown Affordable Housing Podcast

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This is a collection of informative interviews addressing Missoula, MT and the nation's affordable housing crisis, put together by Rebecca Kelley.