Recapping Our Summer Conversation
During our Tocqueville Summer Conversation, we had a frank discussion with Angela Jones, our Director of Community Impact, Financial Security, outlining the housing challenges neighbors face across our community. We heard thoughts and questions from many of our Affordable Housing Fund Committee members, leading to an insightful discussion about the impact we can have to ensure that, as our community continues to grow, our most vulnerable neighbors aren’t left behind.
At the end of July, Tocqueville members came together at TruStage to learn how we work together to address family homelessness in our community and ensure that families have access to safe, affordable housing. TruStage CEO, Terrance Williams, welcomed fellow members, reflecting on the housing challenges in Dane County, and announcing their generous $650,000 gift which will provide support to ensure stability in housing for families.
Tocqueville Cabinet Chair, Cheryl DeMars, kicked off our conversation, followed by Renee Moe, who set the scene for the ways housing fits into the Plan for Community Well-Being’s financial stability goal. Angela Jones, our Director of Community Impact, Financial Security, led a frank discussion outlining the housing challenges neighbors face across our community, including describing the embarrassing experience of eviction, the negative impacts from that, and ways we are working with families and landlords to keep families housed. She also shared powerful stories of individual families who have received critical support including rapid rehousing, increasing housing stability, and reducing school mobility. We heard thoughts and questions from many of our Affordable Housing Fund Committee members, leading to an insightful discussion about the impact we can have to ensure as our community continues to grow, our most vulnerable neighbors aren’t left behind.
Thank you to BMO for sponsoring.