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Minnesota Homeownership Center
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The nonprofit Minnesota Homeownership Center promotes and advances successful homeownership in Minnesota with an emphasis on serving those facing the greatest barriers to homeownership: lower income households and communities of color. We link individuals, homeownership advisors and industry stakeholders. We support community-based organizations with the structure and funding to develop and deliver culturally-responsive homeownership education and advising. And we collaborate and lead the development of innovative homeownership programming.

  1. 12/29/2025

    Community Partner Spotlight - YIMBY Twin Cities

    We sit down with representatives from the Twin Cities Chapter of YIMBY, which stands for Yes In My Back Yard. Chapter Leads Paige Kahle and Meghan Howard join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

    24 min

  2. 12/12/2025

    Owner/Occupant Landlord Primer

    We explore the potential benefits of becoming an owner/occupant landlord by purchasing and living in a 2-4 unit property. Andrea Inouye, program director with Twin Cities-based Family Housing Fund, and Stefania Metzger, learning and development manager with the Minnesota Homeownership Center join host Bill Gray for this discussion.

    18 min

  3. 12/04/2025

    Community Partner Spotlight – NAREB Twin Cities

    We sit down with representatives from the Twin Cities Chapter of NAREB, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers. Tiffany Phillips, current President, Jessica James, President-Elect and Melissa Pugh, Board Chair join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

    39 min

  4. 11/24/2025

    Community Partner Spotlight – NAHREP Twin Cities

    We sit down with representatives from the Twin Cities Chapter of NAHREP, the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. Julissa Fuentes-Roberts, current President, and Estefy Borns, incoming President join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

    16 min

  5. 11/12/2025

    Achieving Homeownership Panel Discussion (af Soomaali)

    African Development Center Homeownership Advisor Ahmed Artan takes over the mic to host a panel discussion on achieving homeownership in Somali! Mahamud Gorod, Account Executive with Guidance Residential, and Ahmed Farah, Realtor® and Broker with Goodir Realty join him for the conversation.

    21 min

  6. 11/06/2025

    What Is "Missing Middle" Housing?

    We look into the concept of "Missing Middle" Housing, a term which encompasses many types of more affordable starter-homes that can't be built today due to zoning and other municipality-level requirements governing new home construction. Housing First Minnesota's VP of Legislative and Political Affairs Mark Foster joins host Bill Gray for this conversation.

    19 min

  7. 09/12/2025

    What Is Manufactured Housing?

    We're joined by three experts to discuss manufactured housing, a homeownership option that comes with a lower entry-cost hurdle than a traditionally built home. Tory Clark-West, Executive Director of Minnesota-based CoNorth, Shawn Stewart, Senior Lending Advisor with NeighborWorks Home Partners, and Stefania Metzger, Learning and Development Manager at the Minnesota Homeownership Center join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

    21 min

  8. 07/10/2025

    Meet Our Homeownership Advisors!

    We sit down with three of our Network Homeownership Advisors to discuss their work in honor of Homeownership Month. Braden Strayhan with NeighborWorks Home Partners, Anais Valle with Neighborhood Development Alliance (NeDA) and Stephen Sengendo with the International Institute of Minnesota join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

    27 min
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The nonprofit Minnesota Homeownership Center promotes and advances successful homeownership in Minnesota with an emphasis on serving those facing the greatest barriers to homeownership: lower income households and communities of color. We link individuals, homeownership advisors and industry stakeholders. We support community-based organizations with the structure and funding to develop and deliver culturally-responsive homeownership education and advising. And we collaborate and lead the development of innovative homeownership programming.

Information

  • Creator
    Minnesota Homeownership Center
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Minnesota Homeownership Center
  • Show Website
    The Welcome Home Podcast