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Housing opportunities for the future with Frank Wells

• Gary Balanoff • Season 1 • Episode 3

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Frank Wells is CEO of the Central Florida Housing Trust Housd and president of the Bright Community Trust.  As Orlando is currently the least affordable housing market of the 50 largest metro areas in the country, Frank  is tasked with how to make housing--both ownership and rental housing--possible for as many people as possible.  Visit his organizations' websites at www.thebrightway.org and www.EVERYBODYhousd.org 
Listen and then visit him if you have a desire to help!  And be sure to visit www.forward2extraordinary.com to hear other podcasts of interest.

Frank Wells Podcast

Oct. 28, 2021

 

Welcome to our podcast Forward to Extraordinary!  I’m your host, Gary Balanoff, and as a reminder, this podcast is an attempt to go beyond the “I hope we get back to normal soon” mentality and start thinking about what we can do to make life far better.  Dare we say “EXTRAORDINARY”?

Today our guest is Frank Wells, CEO of the Central Florida Housing Trust, housd.  His goal is to bring what has been called “affordable housing” or “workforce housing” to the Central Florida region.  It is an area that has drawn nationwide attention as everyone is facing the challenge of how to afford a home of their own, or even the monthly rent payments, in the least affordable of the largest 50 metro areas in the nation.  

So let’s explore how you are working on solutions to a very challenging problem.  Welcome, Frank!

  1. Explain what you do to make sure there are housing opportunities for people who are not independently wealthy?
  2. What specific steps can be taken and who do you work with to make sure there is possible home ownership for those who want it? i.e. churches, cities, counties, builders, civic groups, non-profits
  3. What are the biggest challenges now to workforce and affordable housing?
  4. What can the rest of us do to promote opportunity?  How can anyone get involved?

 

 

Thanks for being here today, Frank Wells, area leader in solutions for workforce, affordable housing.  And if people hear this and want to help you make a difference, how can they contact you?  

 

Thanks again, and thanks to all of you podcast enthusiasts for being with us today.  Stay tuned for more Forward2Extraordinary in the weeks and months to come as we go beyond “Back to normal” and find new paths to extraordinary!  Subscribe to the podcast wherever you download and make it a great week!