Housing and Homelessness

WJFF - Close to Home with Leif Johansen by Leif Johansen

Episode notes

It's not a sexy topic, but it might be the most important human rights issue we discuss on this show: housing. In this episode, we take a look at the roots of--and possible solutions to--rural homelessness, and a relatively new program that aims to thread the needle of decreasing property blight while trying not to contribute to gentrification. We're joined by Kathy Kreiter, the Director and Program Administrator for the Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless, and Jill Weyer, the Executive Director of the Sullivan County Land Bank and the Deputy County Planning Commissioner.