• 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • How to Discharge a Racial Covenant
    May 22 2025

    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 Cisneros, City Attorney for the City of Golden Valley, and Jamar Hardy, Diversity and Inclusion Director and a Managing Broker with Edina Realty join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

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    22 mins
  • The Center’s 2025 Advocacy at the State Capitol
    Mar 19 2025

    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 for this conversation.

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    25 mins
  • What is the GroundBreak Coalition?
    Jan 15 2025

    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 Project Director for the GroundBreak Coalition and Marcus Owens, Principal Consultant at Nawe Partners join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

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    19 mins