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  • Community Partner Spotlight - YIMBY Twin Cities
    Dec 29 2025

    We sit down with representatives from the Twin Cities Chapter of YIMBY, which stands for Yes In My Back Yard. Chapter Leads Paige Kahle and Meghan Howard join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

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    24 min
  • Owner/Occupant Landlord Primer
    Dec 12 2025

    We explore the potential benefits of becoming an owner/occupant landlord by purchasing and living in a 2-4 unit property. Andrea Inouye, program director with Twin Cities-based Family Housing Fund, and Stefania Metzger, learning and development manager with the Minnesota Homeownership Center join host Bill Gray for this discussion.

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    18 min
  • Community Partner Spotlight – NAREB Twin Cities
    Dec 4 2025

    We sit down with representatives from the Twin Cities Chapter of NAREB, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers. Tiffany Phillips, current President, Jessica James, President-Elect and Melissa Pugh, Board Chair join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

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    39 min
  • Community Partner Spotlight – NAHREP Twin Cities
    Nov 24 2025

    We sit down with representatives from the Twin Cities Chapter of NAHREP, the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. Julissa Fuentes-Roberts, current President, and Estefy Borns, incoming President join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

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    16 min
  • Achieving Homeownership Panel Discussion (af Soomaali)
    Nov 12 2025

    African Development Center Homeownership Advisor Ahmed Artan takes over the mic to host a panel discussion on achieving homeownership in Somali! Mahamud Gorod, Account Executive with Guidance Residential, and Ahmed Farah, Realtor® and Broker with Goodir Realty join him for the conversation.

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    21 min
  • What Is "Missing Middle" Housing?
    Nov 6 2025

    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 home construction. Housing First Minnesota's VP of Legislative and Political Affairs Mark Foster joins host Bill Gray for this conversation.

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    19 min
  • What Is Manufactured Housing?
    Sep 12 2025

    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 CoNorth, Shawn Stewart, Senior Lending Advisor with NeighborWorks Home Partners, and Stefania Metzger, Learning and Development Manager at the Minnesota Homeownership Center join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

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    21 min
  • Meet Our Homeownership Advisors!
    Jul 10 2025

    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 (NeDA) and Stephen Sengendo with the International Institute of Minnesota join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

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    27 min