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Housing Crisis
According to Prout, housing is one of the fundamental necessities of human life in addition to food, clothing, medical care and education. In US, homelessness is one of the major social issues. On top of that, due to recent pandemic, housing affordability and housing supply has become a major issue. Under the current approach, it will take many years to improve housing supply and thereby improving the affordability. In this presentation, the presenters will highlight the issues related to housing in US and share their experience on addressing them. One of the presenters will present his approach to provide low income housing and the other presenter will share his experience with working on housing for unhoused people.
Tapan Mallik is a management consultant and held a management role in a Fortune 100 corporation. He has been studying housing crisis in the United States and its impact on the community. He also studied different solution approaches applied in different communities. He is currently exploring opportunities to apply his professional experience to address the homelessness issue in the state of Delaware.
Janaka Casper, Chief Executive Officer of Community Housing Partners (CHP), has over 46 years of experience in housing and community development. As CEO, he communicates the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic direction. He also develops and maintains stakeholder relationships and funding, represents CHP on national, state, regional, and local boards, and ensures compliance with grantee programs and fiscal management.
During his tenure with CHP, the organization’s programs and activities have expanded across seven states in the southeast to include Real Estate Development, Housing Services, and Energy Solutions. CHP has assets of over $500 million, revenue of $87 million, and a portfolio of over 100 multifamily rental communities serving the elderly, formerly homeless, and disabled persons, as well as other individuals and families of low wealth and low income. Mr. Casper has fostered the evolution of CHP’s mission to include a focus on sustainable, environmentally responsible development, resulting in numerous recognitions for the organization and its staff.
In recognition of his role as an industry leader, Mr. Casper was invited to participate in the inaugural program of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government for Achieving Excellence in Community Development. He was also honored with the National NeighborWorks Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, selected by the Virginia Housing Coalition as an Architect of Change, and one of Virginia Housing Coalition’s Top housing leaders in Virginia.
John Linkhart, recently relocated from San Antonio TX where he was very active for decades as a volunteer serving on multiple Boards and Committees, to Eugene OR after retiring from a long professional career in healthcare business management. He discovered that Eugene has the highest per capita rate of unhoused people in the United States. As a result, he – along with other local action oriented Proutists engaged in a number of ambitious efforts to address the crises at all price points within the local acute housing shortage. He will briefly share the lessons learned from those efforts, both positive and negative.
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