by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Jun 5, 2020 | Housing News
George Floyd was just one of countless black people to be killed by law enforcement officers. And most gut wrenchingly, there were two other black men killed by officers while pleading for their lives, crying out “I can’t breathe” in recent years (Their names were...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 1, 2020 | Housing News
Elece Hempel, Gen H’s Board Chair, has been the tireless and tirelessly enthusiastic Executive Director of Petaluma People Services Center since 2011. Not your typical Executive Director, she knows the names of most of the folks PPSC serves and you’ll find her...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 1, 2020 | Housing News
After working as a lawyer specializing in real estate law for nearly 15 years, Jen shuttered her law practice to become the founding executive director of Generation Housing. It was while serving as Santa Rosa School Board president that Jen became keenly aware of the...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 1, 2020 | Housing News
For 40 years, Burbank has built, preserved, and managed safe, affordable rental and for-sale homes in the North Bay exclusively for people who have low incomes. Helping the 10,000 people who live in its rental communities stabilize and improve their health and...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 1, 2020 | Housing News
After 18 years of home ownership in Sebastopol, my husband and I divorced. I immediately started searching for a long term rental for my teenage daughters and me in our community. I was open to any and all options; but the odds were stacked against us. When I typed...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Apr 27, 2020 | Housing News
Bold investment in housing is necessary for individual health and our economic recovery: “during the New Deal, President Roosevelt and his advisors embraced the idea that all citizens had a right to a safe, decent and stable home—and that, with local governments...
