Navigate: Housing Unlocked

About Navigate: Housing Unlocked

So you want to build affordable housing in your community — to create opportunity, close the housing gap, and make lasting change. But is your organization ready to do that? Navigate: Housing Unlocked explores what it really takes to turn community vision into action. Each episode focuses on local, community-based housing outcomes in Alabama and neighboring regions. We’re sharing practical field insights, not statewide or national policy guidance. Our goal is to help nonprofits, community development corporations (CDCs), and mission-driven leaders understand the how behind building capacity, securing funding, and executing successful housing projects. Get expert insight from industry leaders who’ve been on both sides of the process — from banking and finance to housing development and municipal partnerships. You’ll learn how to structure your organization, attract funders, manage compliance, and measure real impact in the neighborhoods you serve. Because in affordable housing, capacity comes before capital — and knowledge is the key to unlocking both. Watch or listen to new episodes of Navigate: Housing Unlocked to gain practical tools, clear direction, and inspiration for building stronger, more equitable communities.

Publisher

Navigate Affordable Housing Partners

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Oct 2025

Latest episode

18 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Feb 2026

   Architecture as a Tool for Community Development (with Marshall Anderson)

   Architecture isn’t just drawings—it’s a strategy tool. Architect Marshall Anderson explains how nonprofits can use design thinking to strengthen affordability, dignity, and long-term community vitality.

2. 

   17 Feb 2026

   Planning That Works: Asset-Based Community Development (with Ben Wieseman)

   Planner Ben Wieseman shares practical ways nonprofits can engage city planning, strengthen partnerships, and move from vision to implementation with credible numbers, clear metrics, and community-led strategy.

3. 

   20 Oct 2025

   Full Conversation: Building Capacity Before Capital

   Learn where to begin when starting a community development corporation. Archie Hill shares how to build organizational basics that attract funding and turn your housing mission into action.

4. 

   17 Oct 2025

   Start Small: Build Trust, Then Grow

   Matt Churnock and Archie Hill share how starting with smaller, high-impact projects—like critical repairs—can help nonprofits and CDCs build credibility, demonstrate capacity, and attract long-term funding.

5. 

   16 Oct 2025

   Planning for Impact: Building Partnerships and Realistic Goals

   Matt Churnock and Archie Hill explain how community developers and nonprofits can plan for sustainable impact through collaboration, clear goals, and partnerships that turn vision into action.

6. 

   15 Oct 2025

   Leveraging Federal Programs: Readiness Before Resources

   Matt Churnock and Archie Hill explain how nonprofits and CDCs can successfully access federal and municipal funding — from HUD’s CDBG to other development programs — by focusing first on readiness, planning, and compliance.

7. 

   14 Oct 2025

   Finding Funders: Building Financial Readiness

   Matt Churnock and Archie Hill discuss how community developers and nonprofits can connect with banks and foundations, strengthen financial capacity, and build the trust needed to fund their mission.

8. 

   13 Oct 2025

   Where Do You Start? | Building Capacity Before Capital

   Learn how to lay the groundwork for a successful Community Development Corporation. Matt and Archie discuss mission-building, funding readiness, and why data and planning are as important as passion.

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