The Whittier Housing Issues Committee is a group of committed volunteers collaborating with each other, with developers, and other organizations to impact Whittier's housing climate in a positive way. The Committee meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month to collaborate on and provide community updates on projects ongoing, to facilitate discussions with developers, and hear from elected officials on housing policy.
Community-led Visioning Sessions and subsequent meetings in 2018 laid out a clear vision for the work of this Committee in the coming 5 years as a part of the Whittier Alliance's overall organizational strategic plan: Protect and Expand the variety of housing options in Whittier for people at every life stage and economic condition.
Review our Committee's collective progress and learn more about what we are focused on in 2020-2021, here:
Community-led Visioning Sessions and subsequent meetings in 2018 laid out a clear vision for the work of this Committee in the coming 5 years as a part of the Whittier Alliance's overall organizational strategic plan: Protect and Expand the variety of housing options in Whittier for people at every life stage and economic condition.
Review our Committee's collective progress and learn more about what we are focused on in 2020-2021, here:
| Committee Accomplishments & 2020-2021 Goals |
2020 Areas of Focus:
To get involved with these grassroots organizing efforts, contact our Executive Director, Kaley Brown, at kaley@whittieralliance.org.
- Anti-displacement Strategy: Continue to build on anti-displacement work that was started in 2019 with partners at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, graduate students in the U of M's Master's in Urban and Regional Planning program and committed volunteers to ensure our neighbors are not priced out of their homes
- Developer Engagement: Refining and launching an Developer Engagement Toolkit with a scoring system to help evaluate and respond to proposed development projects in Whittier
- Kmart Site Visioning & Engagement: Ensuring that the public process around the Kmart site redevelopment is equitable and centers the voices of those most immediately impacted by the changes
- Unhoused Neighbor Support: Direct engagement with unsheltered neighbors, facilitiating conversations with nearby housed neighbors, and policy advocacy to secure additional deeply affordable housing and additional emergency shelter in Minneapolis.
To get involved with these grassroots organizing efforts, contact our Executive Director, Kaley Brown, at kaley@whittieralliance.org.