A Place to Call Home
Thursday July 21, 2022 @ 7 PM on Zoom
Princeton Community Housing is honored to invite you to an informational and educational discussion on affordable housing. Our panel of affordable housing experts will speak about the national and local landscape of affordable housing and how we can make progress in providing affordable, safe, and well-maintained homes. Panelists will also discuss the impact that additional social services can have on residents and NJ's Fair Chance at Housing Act.
We will also honor the National Low Income Housing Coalition and Fair Share Housing Center for all they have done to support equal housing opportunities and residents of affordable housing - especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.
All proceeds benefit Princeton Community Housing’s Home Means Hope Campaign. Click Here for more information on how our Campaign is raising funds to build 25 new affordable homes in Princeton.
Meet our Panelists!
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Diane Yentel
President & CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition
With over twenty-five years of experience working on affordable housing, Diane Yentel is a leading national expert on housing insecurity and homelessness. Under her leadership, NLIHC has deepened, broadened, and strengthened the movement for housing justice, as evidenced by NLIHC’s successful leadership of major national campaigns to successfully achieve historic federal protections and investments for low-income renters and people experiencing homelessness during the pandemic.
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James Williams
Director of Racial Justice Policy at Fair Share Housing
James Williams joined Fair Share Housing Center in 2019 after working for Philadelphia Works and previously New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Williams attended Fayetteville State University in North Carolina where he received both his B.A. and M.S. degrees. He has been an advocate for civil rights and social justice throughout his career.
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Jordan Goodwin
Social Services Coordinator at Princeton Community Housing
Initially hired as an intern for PCH in 2018, Jordan Goodwin permanently joined the staff later that year. Goodwin's academic research has focused on homelessness, mental health needs, and fair housing policies. Goodwin’s clinical experience includes ordained chaplaincy at a psychiatric hospital and substance use counseling at an outpatient community behavioral health setting. At PCH, Goodwin connects residents with social services so that they can continue to meet their basic needs, including rent, food, and health care.
Thank you for partnering with us!
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated to achieving racially and socially equitable public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible and affordable in communities of their choice.
Founded in 1974 by Cushing N. Dolbeare, NLIHC educates, organizes and advocates to ensure decent, affordable housing for everyone. Our goals are to preserve existing federally assisted homes and housing resources, expand the supply of low income housing, and establish housing stability as the primary purpose of federal low income housing policy.
Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC), founded in 1975, is the only public interest organization entirely devoted to defending the housing rights of New Jersey’s poor through enforcement of the Mount Laurel Doctrine, the landmark decision that prohibits economic discrimination through exclusionary zoning and requires all towns to provide their “fair share” of their region’s need for affordable housing.
The mission of FSHC is to end discriminatory or exclusionary housing patterns which have deprived the poor of the opportunity to reside in an environment which offers safe, decent, and sanitary housing near employment and educational opportunities.
The proceeds from this event benefit Princeton Community Housing’s Home Means Hope Campaign which is raising funds to build 25 new energy-efficient apartments at our Princeton Community Village property. Click here to learn more!
