Communities Where Everyone Has a Home with Janne Flisrand and Andrea Pickett

In many communities, we are in a crisis where many people cannot access affordable stable housing. Andrea Pickett shares her experience as a housing advocate who is also navigating the housing crisis herself. She's passionate about giving those with lived experience a voice on these issues. Janne Flisrand shares how the City of Minneapolis, with broad citizen engagement, created a systemic scale of change towards homes for all. You’ll learn about how the group Neighbors for More Neighbors rallied people to support new housing and the Mapping Prejudice project allowed people to see the harms of historical discrimination. Discover how community artists engaged many voices not usually in the process, wonky bloggers deciphered zoning codes, and elected leaders took bold city-wide policy action…with early signs showing the measures are keeping rents stable. 

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 Kinship Blog Post: An overview of Minneapolis’s 2040 Plan

Janne Flisrand Blog Post: Minneapolis’ Secret 2040 Sauce Was Engagement

Neighbors for More Neighbors: Website

Minneapolis 2040 Plan: Website

Mapping Prejudice: Website

Streets.MN: Website

Wedge LIVE: Website

Pew Research on Minneapolis Rents: Article

Andrea Pickett TEDx Talk: YouTube Video

Literary Hub Article Featuring Janne Flisrand: Article

For a transcript of this episode see: Kinship website

Audio editing by: Podcasting for Creatives