The Welcome Home Podcast

We sit down with Build Wealth Minnesota to talk about their work in the community and the recently launched 9,000 Equities partnership. Build Wealth Executive Director David McGee and Senior Program Director Jeffery Robinson join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

We sit down with representatives from the Center, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and Minnesota Realtors® to discuss the 2023 state legislative session, and the $100 million First-Generation Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Fund signed into law. Center President Julie Gugin, Minnesota Realtors® Government Affairs Director Paul Eger and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity Government Affairs Director...

We sit down with three of our Homeownership Advisors to discuss their work with aspiring homebuyers. Eboni Williams with Model Cities, Amber Leger with Mni Sota Fund and Drake McCreary with CAPI USA join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

We analyze the stats in the 2022 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report, published by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). NAHREP Twin Cities Chapter members Joannette Cintron, with Old National Bank, and Adriana Martinez, a Realtor® and chapter President join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

In this episode of the Welcome Home Podcast, we discuss Special Purpose Credit Programs (SPCPs) and the Center’s work with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity to create such a program for Foundational Black Americans. Habitat's Chief Program Officer Shereese Turner and the Center's own Strategic Initiatives Director Brooke Walker join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

In this episode of the Welcome Home podcast, we look at the two main alternative homeownership models, community land trusts and housing cooperatives. AsaleSol Young, Executive Director of Urban Homeworks, and Osborne Strickland, a broker at City of Lakes Community Realty join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

In this episode of the Welcome Home podcast, we dig into the 2022 State of Housing in Black America report, published by the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB). Richelle Taylor, NAREB Twin Cities Chapter Board Chair and Team Lead for Simply Sold Realty Group, and Cameron Perket, Mortgage Retail Branch Manager for U.S. Bank join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

In this episode of the Welcome Home podcast, we explore two important alternatives to the traditional mortgage – Non-Interest-Bearing Financing for those looking to accommodate religious restrictions on the payment of interest, and Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) mortgages for those who do not have a U.S. social security number. Mahamud Gorod, an account executive with Guidance Re...

In this episode of the Welcome Home Podcast, we take a look at the Homeownership Center's 2021 Annual Impact Report. We also discuss ongoing policy change efforts and review the Center's state legislative proposal for a First Generation Homebuyers Down Payment Assistance Fund. Center president Julie Gugin and strategic initiatives director Brooke Walker join host Bill Gray for this discussion.

In this episode of the Welcome Home Podcast, we dive into the 2022-2023 State of Asia America Report produced by the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA). Host Bill Gray is joined by AREAA Twin Cities Chapter president Nalee Vue and Real Estate Broker Long Doan for this discussion.

In this episode of the Welcome Home Podcast, we sit down with Minnesota Housing's new Assistant Commissioner for Single Family Housing, Kayla Schuchman.

In this episode of the Welcome Home Podcast, we speak with three homeownership advisors based in the Twin Cities: Linda White with Model Cities; Graciela Mendez with Neighborhood Development Alliance (NeDA); and Nick Yang with NeighborWorks Home Partners.

In this episode of the Welcome Home Podcast, we dive into the 2021 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report produced by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). Host Bill Gray is joined by NAHREP Twin Cities Chapter president Ed Luna and Realtor(r) Guille Garza for this discussion.

In this episode of the Welcome Home Podcast , we take a look at the Homeownership Opportunity Alliance - a coalition of engaged industry leaders who are actively dedicated to closing Minnesota’s homeownership gap. Host Bill Gray is joined by guests Trent Bowman, CRA Business Development VP with MidWestOne Bank, and Portia Jackson, Community Development Specialist with Ramsey County.

In this inaugural episode of the Minnesota Homeownership Center's Welcome Home Podcast , host Bill Gray sits down with Center president Julie Gugin, Center Board vice chair Rose Teng and Homeownership Advisor Henry Rucker to explore what we do, how we do it and why it's so important.