In From The Cold: Homelessness and Housing in the COVID Era
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How do we make housing more affordable for young people? How do we make homelessness more avoidable? What critical legislation related to housing and homelessness is moving through session now? Join the Washington Policy Center Young Professionals on March 31st, 2021, to discuss housing policy in the era of COVID with a virtual panel of industry experts!
OUR FEATURED PANELISTS:
Chris Fiori has worked with clients and investors at Heartland LLC for over 13 years to create and implement real estate strategies, which has involved transactions and brokerage activities, development management, entity-level capitalizations, and asset management. Chris earned two Master degrees -- one in Urban Planning and the other in Public Administration -- from the University of Washington, with a certificate in Real Estate. He is on the Board of the Ravenna-Bryant Community Association; has recently served as an Affiliate Fellow at the University of Washington Runstad Center for Real Estate; and served as a member of the Seattle Planning Commission. Chris is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Washington.
Roger Valdez is Director of Seattle For Growth and a Visiting Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP). Before he became Director of Seattle For Growth, a housing and growth advocacy organization pushing for more housing supply for all levels of income, Valdez was for twenty-five years involved in public policy in the areas of education, health, and housing. He was also a housing director at a large regional non-profit, managing housing operations and development. Valdez has been a staff person for state and local elected officials, worked in the non-profit sector, at a sustainability think tank, in political campaigns, and in public health.
Edmund Witter is a Senior Managing Attorney with the King County Bar Association, where he has managed the Housing Justice Project since 2017. Previously, he practiced in New York City as a Supervising Attorney at the Legal Aid Society in New York City, where he oversaw its housing unit in the Bronx. Prior to that, he worked at the New York City Corporation Counsel's Office.
Kyle Woodring is the Director of Government Affairs at the Rental Housing Association of Washington.
Questions? Contact YP Director Marissa Gaston at 509-954-2449 or mgaston@washingtonpolicy.org.
