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How The Kelsey Is Putting Disabled People at the Center of Housing Policy
How The Kelsey Is Putting Disabled People at the Center of Housing Policy
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Mar 18, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Sixty-one million Americans, or roughly one in four, live with disabilities. Yet people with disabilities have at best only been an afterthought when it comes to housing policy in the United States, without a seat at the metaphorical table to inform how it gets made. Now, a new organization called The Kelsey is working to change that. So, after a great set of conversations with some of the folks behind Next100 about how they’re working to turn the traditional think tank model on its head—we at Off-Kilter have decided to keep the conversation going about what it looks like to put directly impacted communities at the center of policy change. For this week’s show, Rebecca sat down with three of the powerhouse disability leaders behind The Kelsey—Micaela Connery, Allie Cannington, and Fatimah Aure—for a look at the story behind the organization and how it’s working to change how housing policy gets made… by centering the perspectives of disabled people. You can learn more about The Kelsey and get involved with their work at TheKelsey.org.
Released:
Mar 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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