The Welcome Home Podcast

We look into the concept of "Missing Middle" Housing, a term which encompasses many types of more affordable starter-homes that can't be built today due to zoning and other municipality-level requirements governing new...

We're joined by three experts to discuss manufactured housing, a homeownership option that comes with a lower entry-cost hurdle than a traditionally built home. Tory Clark-West, Executive Director of Minnesota-based...

We sit down with three of our Network Homeownership Advisors to discuss their work in honor of Homeownership Month. Braden Strayhan with NeighborWorks Home Partners, Anais Valle with Neighborhood Development Alliance...

We look at Covenants in Property Deeds, a component of real estate where it’s not unusual to find remaining remnants of the overt racism that was once part of the home building, buying and selling process. Maria...

We dig into the Center's advocacy work at the State Capitol this session. Greta Gaetz, Government Affairs Director for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, and Roxanne Young Kimball, Center President join host Bill Gray...

We sit down with representatives from the GroundBreak Coalition here in the Twin Cities to learn more about this important initiative and discuss our work together in the area of homeownership. Erin Gavin, Acting...

We sit down with a homeownership advisor and an insurance rep to discuss the importance of life insurance, wills and trusts in building and ensuring your legacy. Henry Rucker, Associate Director of Homeownership and...

We sit down with affordable homeownership staff leaders from the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to explore their work and how it intersects with the work of the Homeownership Center. Dean Porter-Nelson, Housing...

We dig into the two First-Generation Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Programs that came online in 2024. Brooke Walker, Strategic Initiatives Director at the Minnesota Homeownership Center, and Heidi Welch, Business...

New Center president Roxanne Young Kimball joins host Bill Gray for a review of the Center's 2023 Annual Impact Report and a discussion around what attracted her to the Center's top job.

Our friend Gracie Mendez takes over the mic to host a panel discussion on achieving homeownership in Spanish! Alma Sanchez, Homeownership Advisor with Neighborhood Development Alliance (NeDA), Joannette Cintrón, VP with...

We take the opportunity to wish our departing Center President Julie Gugin well in her future endeavors. Robyn Bipes-Timm, Chief Strategy and Operations Officer for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and the Center’s...

We sit down with three of our award-winning network homeownership advisors in honor of June Homeownership Month! LaShelle Smith with PRG, Patricia Aguilar with CAPI USA and Jackie Kemp with One Roof Community Housing...

We dig into the availability and use of Non-Interest-Bearing Financing tools in the home purchase arena. Johanna Osman, executive director of Sakan Community Resource, and Beth Hyser, chief program officer at...

We check in with two of the folks leading the charge at the Minnesota State Capital on behalf of homeownership this legislative session. Jeff Washburne, lead organizer with the statewide Homeownership Minnesota (HOM)...