Addressing Fragmented Housing and Behavioral Health Systems in Santa Fe County
Guest blog by Lisa Cacari Stone, IPP ’25 One of the deepest shifts for me has been realizing, as Matt told us, that ‘policy work is about people’—not just about […]
Housing/Homelessness
Zoning in on the Problem: Using PDIA to Build Affordable Housing in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Guest blog by Melissa Velez, IPP ’23 Since early 2020, the City of Allentown, in Eastern Pennsylvania, has been working on a complete zoning code rewrite. The plan has been […]
Using Zoning to Reduce the Affordable Housing Crisis in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Guest blog by Melissa Velez, IPP ’24 The experiences and learning within the Implementing Public Policy course helped me to look deeper into the problems faced within my city, gave […]
Expanding Affordable Housing in Lagos, Nigeria
Guest blog by Akinderu Fatai Moruf, IPP’23 In 2019, I was privileged to assume the role of Commissioner of Housing in Lagos State, the commercial capital of Nigeria with a […]
Navigating the Ukrainian Refugee Housing Crisis in MA using PDIA
Guest blog written by Bibek Kandel, Sansar Dewan, Pratik Kunwar, Enitan Okediji “Not everything that matters is written down, it’s all in people’s heads and minds.” This very mantra, shared […]
Enabling Emerging Developers to Increase Housing Development in New Bedford, MA
Guest blog by Joshua Amaral, LEG’23 I was fortunate to be in a very diverse group, in terms of geographic location, industry, and experience. But given this, I was especially […]
Insufficient Housing in Western Australia
Guest blog by Jason Whiteaker, LEG’23 I came into this program thinking about how the program would help me identify solutions to the growth challenges being faced by my region. […]
Sheltering the Unhoused in the St. Louis Region
Guest blog by Nancy Cross There were several key learnings from the IPP course. First, one person does not have all the answers. I wanted to work on sheltering the unhoused […]
Providing Quality Housing in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Guest blog by Eileen Cipriani It has been a great pleasure to be part of a class with so many dynamic leaders, doing such diverse and important work and to […]
Street Homelessness in Rochester
Guest blog by Charlie Albanese, Michael Burns, Corrinda Crossdale, Wanda Cooper, Linda Kingsley, Tammy Mayberry, Gabe Person, John Oster Our group focused on homelessness, specifically street homelessness. Our public value statement […]