Stephen Beard

Accessible Housing Matters

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There is a lot of talk out there about the housing affordability crisis. Often lost or forgotten in those dialogues is that for people with disabilities, most of the housing in the country is not accessible. For people with disabilities, and their families, finding suitable housing can often be one of THE major sources of anxiety and stress in their lives. And this subject is, for the most part, ignored by the mainstream media. This podcast is designed to raise awareness about all matters in the intersection of housing and accessibility. We will speak with knowledgeable experts about the chall...

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Stephen Beard

Episodes

A Story of Better Independent Living -- How Chris Cooley uses Remote Support Technology to Live Safely and Securely in His Own Home 17.01.2022 31:06

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Don Shirley and Chris Cooley SafeinHome President Don Shirley brings more than thirty-five years of innovative healthcare and technology experience to the company and industry. Don has been instrumental in such endeavors as bringing home-dialysis therapies to patients seeking self-directed lifestyles, to being one of the pio...

Adventures in Home Hunting, Part 3 – Owen & Melissa 10.01.2022 26:23

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Owen Cooper and Melissa Crisp-Cooper Melissa and Owen are happily married. Melissa is a writer and health care advocate for people with disabilities. Owen is a software engineer and proud UC Berkeley alumni. They both have cerebral palsy. They are active in the community and love going on travel adventures. They live wit...

The Best of Accessible Housing Matters: Episode #8 (First aired July 5th, 2021) Sunflower Hill - A Community Model for Accessible Housing 03.01.2022 29:04

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Kathy Layman and Janeen Rubino-Brumm, board members of Sunflower Hill. Kathy has been serving as the Board President for three years. She has been closely involved with her grandson who has epilepsy and intellectual and developmental abilities resulting in her passion for creating affordable housing opportunities and activiti...

The Best of Accessible Housing Matters: Episode #23 (First aired October 18th, 2021) Adventures in House Hunting, Part 1 – Shamon and Her Son Demoriae 27.12.2021 26:35

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Shamon Blue Shamon Blue is a first-time homeowner in California. She bought her home last year in the city of Antioch California, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. She lives there happily with her 12-year-old son, Demoriae. Listen to find out more about: [00:01 - 02:52] Opening Segment I welcome Shamon Blue to the S...

Kyle's Story - The Unique Housing Challenge for People with Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's 20.12.2021 30:01

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Paula Gann Paula Gann became involved in advocating for the planning and delivery of services for Alzheimer's disease when her daughter, Kyle, who has Down syndrome, at age 45 was diagnosed with the disease. Now Paula knows there is a high co-occurrence of Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, but she was unaware of this whe...

Protecting the Housing Rights of People with Disabilities, Part 2 -- The Los Angeles Voluntary Compliance Agreement and HUD's Role in Disaster Recovery 13.12.2021 26:32

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I'm back with Lynn Grosso Lynn Grosso is the Director of Enforcement in HUD's Office of Fair Housing. In this capacity, she oversees the administration of HUD's national fair housing enforcement and compliance operations. Lynn is at the forefront of many of the Department's highest profile fair housing initiatives, particularly in the...

Protecting the Housing Rights of People with Disabilities, Part 1 -- HUD's Role in Enforcing Fair Housing Law around Design and Construction 06.12.2021 25:17

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Lynn Grosso Lynn Grosso is the Director of Enforcement in HUD's Office of Fair Housing. In this capacity, she oversees the administration of HUD's national fair housing enforcement and compliance operations. Lynn is at the forefront of many of the Department's highest-profile fair housing initiatives, particularly in the are...

Adventures in Home Hunting, Part 2 – Luke Buys His First Home 29.11.2021 26:27

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Luke Easterwood Originally from Rome, Georgia, Luke's been living on the West Coast since 2012. He spent a few years in Seattle for grad school and then moved to the Bay Area in 2015 for work. Professionally, he has over 9 years of writing experience at companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google, Luke does all things Writing a...

KW-Signs: Real Estate Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 22.11.2021 28:37

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Bernardo Vallarino Bernardo Vallarino is a dual career agent from Dallas Fort-Worth with more than 15 years of experience in real estate. Most of his real estate career has been as a member and leader of the EVAL Team, a small group of agents working in residential, commercial, and industrial real estate. And for the past 5...

Making Your Home Work Better – How a Universal Design Expert Remodels Spaces To Make Them More Accessible 15.11.2021 30:37

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Alisa Hofmann Alisa has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Interior Design and Architecture from the Academy of Art in San Francisco and has been designing kitchens and baths since the year 2000. She founded Design Set Match in 2010 in the middle of the recession and it was through her passion for remodeling and previou...

Living Unlimited – Developing Housing for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities 08.11.2021 26:04

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Alex Krem Alex Krem has been actively involved with the special needs community since 1957. He is co-founder and chair of Living Unlimited. Alex is also chair and interim executive director of Camping Unlimited for Developmentally Disabled, established in 1957. In summer of 2019, it will hosted more than 800 children and adul...

Modifying Homes for Access… a 45+ Year Legacy 01.11.2021 28:02

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Mark Feinman Mark was born in 1953 and grew up in New York. He has been tinkering, inventing and building since childhood. He connected with the Berkeley disabled community in 1976 and has been working continuously with the Berkeley Center for Independent Living (TheCIL) since then. His company Complete Access provides cus...

HB101: How Minnesota is Leading the Way in Creating a One-Stop Web Portal for Accessible Housing 25.10.2021 29:09

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Nicholas Love Nicholas Love is the Community Inclusion Director at the World Institute on Disability (WID). WID strives to eliminate the barriers to full inclusion of people with disabilities by addressing and influencing policies, systems, and tools. Nicholas' work at WID focuses on the identification, creation, and utilizat...

Adventures in House Hunting, Part 1 – Shamon and Her Son Demoriae 18.10.2021 26:16

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Shamon Blue Shamon Blue is a first-time homeowner in California. She bought her home last year in the city of Antioch California, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. She lives there happily with her 12-year-old son, Demoriae. Listen to find out more about: [00:01 - 02:34] Opening Segment I welcome Shamon Blue to the S...

Housing Support for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – The Regional Center Model 11.10.2021 27:17

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Steve Robinson Steve Robinson is the Director of Community Services at the Regional Center of the East Bay. The Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB) is one of 21 Regional Centers that is a community-based, private non-profit corporation under contract with the California Department of Developmental Services. RCEB works in part...

Designing Accessible Spaces, An Interview with Architect Erick Mikiten 04.10.2021 29:26

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Architect Erick Mikiten Erick Mikiten, AIA, started Mikiten Architecture in 1991 to elevate multi-family affording housing to a higher level of care and design. As a wheelchair-rider and hard-of-hearing architect, Erick has been sought after by clients around the country to bring new, creative levels of design to mixed-use, l...

The Idaho Access Project – A New Approach to Building Accessible Communities 27.09.2021 30:23

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Dianna Willis, Jeremy Maxand, and Erik Kingston Dianna Willis is a co-founder and Board President of the Idaho Access Project, a 501c3 non-profit organization advancing equality for people with disabilities. She worked in public health for eight years and has a diverse educational background. In 2013, she earned a M.Ed. degre...

How The Kelsey is Making a Difference in Accessible Housing through its Inclusive Development and Advocacy Model 20.09.2021 30:50

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Micaela Connery Micaela co-founded The Kelsey with her cousin Kelsey, who continues to inspire and inform the mission and work today. Micaela has been working on inclusion in communities her entire life. She has seen firsthand the housing crisis facing adults with developmental disabilities and their families. Micaela compl...

How Assistive Technology is Making Housing More Accessible with Kathrine Crowley of Ability Tools 13.09.2021 30:52

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Kathrine Crowley. Kathrine is the Ability Tools Program Manager for California Foundation for Independent Living Centers. Her role is to facilitate access and acquisition of Assistive Technology or "AT" to consumers across the state and provide technical assistance and training to Independent Living Centers, Device Lending and De...

Friends of Children with Special Needs – A Unique Accessible Housing Community, with Anna Wang 06.09.2021 32:13

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Anna Wang. Anna Wang is a mother, an advocate and the co-founder and vice president of Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN). Twenty-eight years ago, her son Lawrence was diagnosed with autism. In 1996, she became the co-founder and Vice President of Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN) which currently serves m...

How Independent Living Centers Help People find Accessible and Affordable Housing with April Marie Dawson 30.08.2021 30:21

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome April Marie Dawson April Marie Dawson has been the Executive Director of Resources for Independent Living (RIL) in Sacramento since August 2018. April's first exposure to the independent living movement came when she was a Youth Leadership Forum delegate. April started her professional ILC career as an Independent Living Advocat...

Disaster Planning and Accessible Housing with Dawn Skaggs 23.08.2021 29:54

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Dawn Skaggs. Dawn Skaggs is the Emergency, Disaster and Climate Resilience Specialist for the World Institute on Disabilities. Her particular expertise is in the application of asset-based whole community inclusion throughout the disaster cycle to build resilience throughout all community sectors including community living, heal...

How Advances in Assistive Technology & Our Aging Society Mean a Paradigm Shift in How We Have to Think About Accessible Housing 16.08.2021 32:52

NOTE: I wanted to let you know that about half-way through today's episode, my guest's pet cockatoo Mimo decided to share his thought's on the conversation we were having. So don't be alarmed by his squeaks and squacks. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Bill Pelter Bill Pelter is a Consultan...

How to Save Money for Housing and NOT Lose Your Government Benefits 09.08.2021 32:38

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Dante Allen, the Executive Director of CalABLE. Dante is responsible for directing the operations of CalABLE. Prior to joining CalABLE, Dante had a leadership role with the California Department of Public Health's Office of Health Equity where he developed communications strategies to promote the concepts related to the social de...

Creating Accessible & Affordable ADUs with Jennifer Duffy of Hello Housing 02.08.2021 31:58

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today's episode, I welcome Jennifer Duffy. Jennifer brings 20 years of experience pioneering new models of housing and service delivery for individuals and working families across the socioeconomic spectrum. Designing and implementing new programs is a strength and a passion that Jennifer brings to her work. She has helped Bay Area cities and counties craf...