The 2017 Community Scholars in Affordable Housing presented their ideas to tackle issues in affordable housing to an audience of community development practitioners and advocates. View their final presentations below.
- Adrian Madriz, Struggle for Miami’s Affordable and Sustainable Housing (SMASH), Tax Revenue and Opportunities lost to Private Land Banking
- Aaron McKinney, Miami Dade County Commission, Office of Commissioner Barbara J. Jordan, Miami-Dade County Transit Oriented Workforce Housing Pilot Program
- Tatiana Escobar, City of Miami Beach, Office of Housing and Community Services, Funding the Gap of Affordable/Workforce Housing Units in the City of Miami Beach
- Chiara Brandstaetter, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Rental Inspection Programs
- Monique D. Hayes Esq.,The Hayes Firm, Accessible and Affordable Housing for Middle Income Young Professional and Families is Essential to Stability of our Local Economy
- Wilson Sayre, WLRN Miami Herald News, Rent Ceilings in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
- Joseph Eisenberg, City of Miami Planning Department, Empty Homes for Average Miamians
- Elijah John Bowdre, Miami World Center, Affordable Housing Credit Combo
- Sabrina Velarde J.D., Miami Homes for All, The Impact of Disruptive Innovations, like Airbnb, on Housing Affordability
- Yanick Landess, Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida, Repackaging the NHSSF Home Buyer Education & Counseling Program
- Roshan Nebhrajani, The New Tropic Miami, The Kids Aren't Alright: Can Millennial's Afford Miami?
- Victoria Fear, The Miami Foundation, Redefining Philanthropy's Role in Housing Finance
- Chris Davis, Opa-locka Community Development Corporation, Zoning as a Barrier to Affordable Housing and Economic Development
