Leadership Breakfast with Terri Lee
During our last Leadership Breakfast, we got to sip coffee and talk to Terri Lee, City of Atlanta’s first Chief Housing Officer, a proven community development professional and operations strategist. Don't worry if you didn't make it because here are our 5 favorite quotes from the talk.
"The promise is, we are going to make housing affordable, equitable, and resilient. Do I have every answer to this? No, but I do know that just one person can't do it. It will take the effort of the non-profit community, for-profit community, government, and from the support of people right here in this room. It will take transparent, accountable, technical, and tangible investment."
“Government cannot do it all by itself - we are the leader and facilitator in the process- and we have to utilize strategic partnerships in this process. ”
“You have to have an order based on intentionality - we have to understand what residents want. We need to have a mechanism in place to help reduce home ownership taxing.”
“It’s not just about housing, it’s about community development. Housing is a stabilizing factor, but if you have a lack of transportation or failing school system, you cannot have a sustainable community.”
Watch the full video of our Leadership Breakfast with Terri Lee here.
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