Tia Boatman Patterson featured on NHC's Beyond Four Walls Podcast

Beyond Four Walls is a production of the National Housing Conference, hosted by David Dworkin.

Recently, California Community Reinvestment Corporation (CCRC) President & CEO Tia Boatman Patterson sat down with David Dworkin of the National Housing Conference (NHC) on the Beyond Four Walls podcast to discuss how to best navigate the expanding housing crisis and the work of qualified CDFIs like CCRC in that process.

Boatman Patterson discussed her story which led her to housing, including her experience with homelessness, public housing, and homeownership, and the dissipating pathway between these different forms of housing. As federal financing has undergone several shifts since the early 2000’s, the continuum has become oriented towards permanent supportive housing almost exclusively. Boatman Patterson discussed how critical it is to understand housing as a continuum that serves all members of the community, including financing homelessness prevention, affordable housing preservation and affordable housing construction.

As CCRC continues to work to maximize affordable housing opportunities, it is important to emphasize that comprehensive solutions bring all partners to the table. Redressing decades worth of housing infrastructure involves equal parts ideation and compromise, such that the work is oriented around the community it seeks to serve. CCRC is committed to building out the future of housing to serve all who struggle to find adequate housing across all income levels in California.

To listen to the podcast, visit A Conversation with Tia Boatman Patterson, California Community Reinvestment Corporation | National Housing Conference (nhc.org).