The ROAD Forward Regional Housing Program

Holly Long from LISC KC, talks to Ed Lowndes Housing Authority of Kansas City, Melesa Johnson, the Mayor’s Office of the City of Kansas City, Ben Payton LISC KC and Lauren Palmer from MARC regarding the Road Forward project.

Recognizing that much of our workforce and their families cannot afford to live near their jobs and that a family’s zip code is the greatest predictor of a child’s future health and earnings, the Regional Opportunity Area Development Finance Initiative (ROAD Forward) was developed as a regional collaboration to encourage affordable housing development near jobs and educational opportunities in the Kansas City, Missouri region. 

The Community Wise Podcast is a conversation between LISC Greater Kansas City Development Officer Holly Long and practitioners and thought leaders from the Kansas City Metro region in the fields of community development, social enterprise and social justice.