International Observatory on Social Housing
Examine the world of social housing from an international perspective.
What is Public Housing? There is often a lot of misunderstanding around what public housing is. I am not going to give a written history of what is public housing. For the history you can simply read up on quality websites like this one. If you are simply wondering what is public housing, I will... Continue Reading →
Finding affordable housing online is not always easy. Sometimes websites are not easy to use and or you might not know exactly where to go when looking for affordable housing online. Here are some tips to use: Public Housing Authority: If you are extremely low income and searching for affordable housing online, look to see... Continue Reading →
The Baltimore Public Housing Authority serves almost 20,000 residents. Public housing Baltimore also has over 11,000 units and includes over two dozen family properties, mixed buildings and sites for seniors and single family housing. The Baltimore Housing Authority is also a Moving to Work (MTW) housing authority which gives them more financial and regulatory... Continue Reading →
Affordable housing management is not easy and finding a training company can be challenging. This article lists some of the top companies in the industry.
I had the pleasure of presenting with my two colleagues Dan Rivera from King County Housing Authority and Job Pangilinan from Seattle Housing Authority regarding lean process improvement in public housing. Our goals were to help conference attendees understand the history of lean, what lean actually is, the experiences of the King County Housing Authority... Continue Reading →
This is my first attempt at trying to share some of the session material being presented at our annual conference in Portland. Please tell me if you find it helpful. Presenter: James Casey Byers, Assistant Regional Inspector General for Audit Presenter: Jim Siwek, Assistant Special Agent, HUD OIG The HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG)... Continue Reading →
An interesting article was sent to me by a friend a few days ago. The major point of the article was that the Ukraine needs to convert a large majority of its privately owned housing to social housing. This is not only to help low income households who apparently are in no position to be... Continue Reading →
Although I live in the USA, I am keenly aware of what is taking place in other countries. When I lived in Germany I spent several weeks in the UK looking at the social housing systems, programs and challenges. Of special interest to me were the welfare reforms affecting social housing associations. That included the bedroom tax,... Continue Reading →
I am now shifting to the Netherlands where I will spend some time with the Aedes Company. They provide both advocacy and training to social housing companies here in the Netherlands. While here, I will also visit with member companies to better understand Dutch social housing and the differences here compared to Germany and the... Continue Reading →
Guest Post by Job Pan Pangilinan- Lean Adviser Seattle Housing Authority Lean transformation is a cultural transformation where everyone in the organization is committed to make continuous improvement as part of each one's daily work. It should not be confused with a lean project that exists only to target a particular operational 'headache'. A lean... Continue Reading →
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