Create the Village

In this episode, Egbert Perry and Rick White discuss the origins of Integral and the philosophy that undergirds the company’s approach toward Community Development. The discussion revisits an afternoon conversation in Harlem, New York in the early 1990’s when two friends made a commitment to build healthy communities that did not discriminate along racial or economic lines and where families could...

The podcast’s second season launches with what is summed up best by host Egbert Perry, “There is no question that a lot of people have been awakened to the disparities (in the US), the inequities that are drawn along racial lines. Now, the question is are we prepared to change enough in our system, you know economic system, to deal with the reality that we just discovered.”

Egbert Perry’s thoughts about where we are roughly 120 days into this new era.

How the COVID-19 pandemic will impact architecture, public spaces, and real estate. Guests:  Eugénie “Genie” Birch FAICP, FAcSS, RTPI (hon), the Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania and co-director of Penn Institute for Urban Research Susan M. Wachter, the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Pr...

How COVID-19 is impacting our educational system. Guests: Dr. Harris Cooper, The Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University; Dr. Raymond Hart, Director of Research for the Council of the Great City Schools.

Local governments' approach to providing relief for renters unable to pay due to the impact of COVID-19 & impact of revenue loss on states. Guests: Margaret Abe-Koga, mayor of Mountain View, California; Lucy Dadayan, senior research associate with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

Guest: Nicolas Retsinas, Director Emeritus of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The most important stats that you think that all Americans should know in order to best understand the challenges and opportunities surrounding the housing crisis that we hear so much about.

Guests: Linda Goler Blount, Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones. A conversation with two professionals on the front lines designed to get everyone on the same page.

Guest: Eric Letsinger, founder and CEO of Quantified Ventures. To Save Local Governments, It’s Finally Time for Infrastructure Week.

David M. Dworkin - President, National Housing Conference. His call for a long-term federal policy for renters affected by COVID-19, including a national rental assistance program.

Deidre Woollard, Editor/writer at Motley Fool, has researched and written about the state-by-state responses to COVID-19’s impact on renters.

Mark Calabria, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac offering multifamily property owners mortgage forbearance with the condition that they suspend all evictions for renters unable to pay rent due to the impact of COVID-19.

Cities across the United States are experiencing an urban Renaissance. More people want to live in walkable communities near amenities that don’t require a car trip. But as Baby Boomers and Millennials compete for some of the same real estate, housing costs are going up, contributing to the affordable housing crisis.  (Perry) “What it costs to develop housing right now produces a product that is a...