Create the Village

Front Lines and Fallout

Local governments' approach to providing relief for renters unable to pay due to the impact of COVID-19 & impact of revenue loss on states. Guests: Margaret Abe-Koga, mayor of Mountain View, California; Lucy Dadayan, senior research associate with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

Covid-19 Has Changed Everything, Or Has It?

Guest: Nicolas Retsinas, Director Emeritus of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The most important stats that you think that all Americans should know in order to best understand the challenges and opportunities surrounding the housing crisis that we hear so much about.

Covid-19’s Impact on the Black Community

Guests: Linda Goler Blount, Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones. A conversation with two professionals on the front lines designed to get everyone on the same page.

Has ‘Infrastructure Week’ Finally Arrived?

Guest: Eric Letsinger, founder and CEO of Quantified Ventures. To Save Local Governments, It’s Finally Time for Infrastructure Week.

Part 3: "Housing is Jobs and Jobs are Housing" - Recalling the 1930’s

David M. Dworkin - President, National Housing Conference. His call for a long-term federal policy for renters affected by COVID-19, including a national rental assistance program.

Part 2: Renters and Landlords are Confused, Not Communicating During Pandemic

Deidre Woollard, Editor/writer at Motley Fool, has researched and written about the state-by-state responses to COVID-19’s impact on renters.

Part 1: Fannie and Freddie Step in to Help Renters During COVID-19

Mark Calabria, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac offering multifamily property owners mortgage forbearance with the condition that they suspend all evictions for renters unable to pay rent due to the impact of COVID-19.

Create the Village - Trailer

Cities across the United States are experiencing an urban Renaissance. More people want to live in walkable communities near amenities that don’t require a car trip. But as Baby Boomers and Millennials compete for some of the same real estate, housing costs are going up, contributing to the affordable housing crisis.

 (Perry) “What it costs to develop housing right now produces a product that is affordable to a smaller and smaller and smaller segment of the population.”

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That’s Egbert Perry, founder and CEO of the Integral Group, a real estate developer focused on creating value in cities and rebuilding the fabric of communities. His new podcast, Create the Village, goes in search of solutions to the problems that stand in the way of transforming communities that have long been ignored.

(Perry) “I'm speaking to anyone that actually cares about creating environments where young people, old people, middle of the road people can thrive and fulfill their potential.”

(Voiceover) Each week, Create the Village will take a deep dive into one of the competing factors that determine the health of a community, including what it takes to encourage investment from the outside.

(Perry) “When they’re looking to locate a store in a particular place, they don’t say, well, let me go find a place where the people have no disposable income so I can locate my store. They’re looking for communities that have sustainability.”

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Join Egbert Perry and his long-time collaborator Rick White and their guests on a weekly journey into the depths of urban development policies and strategies that will chart the future of our cities for decades to come.

Create the Village is a production of The Integral Group, LLC. Subscribe to Create the Village wherever you listen to podcasts.