Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
Join Homewise for the 2nd session of the 2025 Livability Speaker Series!
- Thursday, April 10
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- National Hispanic Cultural Center
- Bank of America Theatre
This is a free, ticketed event with drinks and snacks to follow.
Childcare and interpretation are available.
Gregg Colburn is an associate professor at the University of Washington and co-author of two books:
- Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
- Affordable Housing in the United States
Colburn will discuss conventional beliefs about what drives homelessness—including mental illness, drug use, poverty, weather, generosity of public assistance, and low-income mobility—and why none of those fully explain the root cause: housing market conditions. Colburn will outline the types of policies that can best help cities like Albuquerque address this issue.
Urbanism + Entrepreneurship: The Role of Small Biz in Neigh Revitalization
Join Homewise for the 3rd session of the 2025 Livability Speaker Series!
- Thursday, May 8
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- National Hispanic Cultural Center
- Bank of America Theatre
This is a free, ticketed event with drinks and snacks to follow.
Childcare and interpretation are available.
Eric Williams is the founder and creative director of The Silver Room—an innovative hub for retail, arts, education, and community events—who has played a critical role in revitalizing Chicago’s South and West Side communities.
Getting Government Working: Public/Private Partnerships for Housing
Join Homewise for the final session of the 2025 Livability Speaker Series!
- Thursday, June 12
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- National Hispanic Cultural Center
- Bank of America Theatre
This is a free, ticketed event with drinks and snacks to follow.
Childcare and interpretation are available.
George W. McCarthy is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
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