Interview with Cathy Reisenwitz who is the Co-Host of the Podcast “Housing for Huntsvillians” a project sponsored by Huntsville New Liberals, which Cathy founded in 2023. Over the past decade, Huntsville housing costs have soared in large part because its population has grown a lot faster than our housing stock. Cathy and her co-host, Rob Clark, are advocating that adding dense, abundant, affordable new housing will not only make Huntsville families more economically secure, but will reduce homelessness, poverty, and racial and economic inequalities. In addition, Cathy will argue that public health and the environment will be improved and, housing will boost innovation, economic growth, and economic mobility. In this episode we explore and discuss Cathy’s goal to end homelessness in Huntsville by the year 2026.
For more information, visit Cathy’s website https://cathyreisenwitz.com
To watch the Housing for Huntsvillians podcast, visit https://housingforhuntsvillians.com
For more information on Huntsville New Liberals, visit https://huntsvillenewliberals.com
Host/Interviewer: M. Troy Bye, Owner, Our Town Podcast Website: www.ourtownpodcast.net
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Episode Timeline:
00:00 Start
02:12 Writer | Advocate | Activist
06:11 Millcreek Mixed Use Project
12:51 Goal to End Homelessness
15:35 Building a Coalition
19:58 Tax Incremental Funding
22:51 Cause of Homelessness
27:46 Sympathy
31:18 Net Reduction in Housing
36:42 Policies
40:22 Zoning Ordinances
43:00 Dense Housing | Proximity to Work
49:22 Home Ownership
52:37 Politics Differences
59:13 Non-Profits
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