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Housing Voices
Housing Voices is a regional civic platform dedicated to advancing thoughtful, solutions-driven housing leadership across Oregon. We focus on the full spectrum of broad housing needs — workforce, seniors, attainable, disabled and affordable housing — and the broader systems that shape them, including land use, infrastructure, development economics, and public policy. Housing is not a single issue. It intersects with economic vitality, community stability, healthcare access, environmental…
Episodes
Housing VoicesHV20
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford sit down with Dr. Ryan Noss, Superintendent of the Corvallis School District and a former…
Housing VoicesBuilding Oregon for Our Older Selves: Elevators, Plumbing and Age-Friendly Housing | HV19
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bri and Marty sit down with Michael Anderson, Director of Cities and Towns at In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts…
Housing VoicesWhat 40 Mayors Came to Albany to Learn About Housing | HV18 P2
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre and Marty continue their conversation with Albany, Oregon Mayor Alex Johnson, exploring the real challenges and…
Housing VoicesHow Albany Cut Permit Times From 18 Weeks to Two and Started Building | HV18 P1
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre and Marty sit down with Albany, Oregon Mayor Alex Johnson II to explore how one mid-sized city is quietly becoming…
Housing VoicesWhat Nobody Tells You About How a Housing Project Actually Gets Built | HV17
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre and Marty sit down with Ryan McAlister, president of Gerding Builders and the first non-family member to lead the…
Housing VoicesOregon Is Spending Lottery Money to Solve a Housing Crisis. Here Is Why That Should Worry You | HV16
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre and her co-host sit down with Oregon State Representative David Gomberg, who represents House District 10 along…
Housing VoicesThe One Fix That Could Unlock Housing Across All 241 Oregon Cities | HV15
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre and Marty sit down with Alexandra Ring, housing and land use lobbyist for the League of Oregon Cities, an…
Housing VoicesHousing, Jobs, Wildfire, and Broadband: The Gorge Has It All Wrong | HV14
Housing Voices hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford sit down with Dan Spatz, a longtime Columbia Gorge journalist, former development director at Columbia Gorge…
Housing VoicesHousing Voices x Demobrats - Podcasters Galore! | HV13
In this special crossover audio only episode, Housing Voices co-hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford join Virginia Stapleton and Chris Hoy of the Demobrats…
Housing VoicesWhy Housing Comes First: The Truth About Homelessness | HV12
In this episode of Housing Voices: Practical Solutions, hosts Marty and Bre sit down with Dan Easdale, Program Director of Corvallis Housing First, to pull…
Housing VoicesWhat 50 Expert Interviews Taught Them About Oregon's Housing Crisis | HV11
Housing Voices is a podcast hosted by Bre Irish and Marty Fulford that tackles the full spectrum of housing challenges facing Oregonians, from homelessness and…
Housing VoicesHow Housing Instability Is Quietly Dismantling Oregon's Classrooms | HV10 P2
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford continue their conversation with veteran educator Eric McGuire, exploring the devastating…
Housing VoicesHow the Housing Shortage Is Quietly Defunding Your Child's Education | HV10 P1
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford sit down with Eric McGuire, a 33-year veteran teacher, school board candidate, and union…
Housing VoicesHomelessness Isn’t Laziness: The Hidden Work of Surviving Without a Home | HV09 P2
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford continue their conversation with Shawn Collins, Executive Director of Unity Shelter in…
Housing VoicesWhat Homelessness Actually Costs Per Person Per Month Will Surprise You | HV09 P1
In this episode of Housing Voices, hosts Bre and Marty sit down with Shawn Collins, Executive Director of Unity Shelter in Corvallis, Oregon, to explore what…
Housing VoicesWildfire Didn’t Just Burn Homes. It Exposed Oregon’s Housing Crisis | HV08
Housing Voices hosts Marty Fulford and Bre Irish sit down with Jamie McLeod-Skinner, a civil engineer, city planner, and attorney who served as interim city…
Housing VoicesThe Senior Care Crisis Is Worse Than We Think | HV07 P2
Housing Voices hosts Bri and Marty continue their conversation with Jenn Bustamante, a senior care advocate with 33 years of experience in the aging industry…
Housing VoicesWhen Medicaid Isn’t the Safety Net You Think It Is | HV07 P1
This episode of Housing Voices features Jennifer Bustamante, CEO of Embrace Age Prepared, who has 33 years of experience helping seniors navigate housing…
Housing VoicesWhy This Eugene Factory Is Breaking Every Rule About Affordable Housing | HV06
Housing Voices hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford interview Jake from Hope Community Homes in Eugene, Oregon, discussing their innovative approach to affordable…
Housing VoicesThe Missing Middle Nobody Talks About: Why Teachers Can't Afford to Live Where They Work | HV05
This episode Marty Fulford and Bre Irish interview guest Nathan Wildfire, CEO of Missing Middle Housing Fund, discussing his innovative approach to solving…
Housing VoicesWhy Housing Doesn’t “Pencil” Anymore — And What’s Really Blocking Supply | HV04 P2
Building housing today isn’t just difficult—it often doesn’t make financial sense anymore. In Part 2 of our conversation Marty Fulford and Bre Irish interview…
Housing VoicesHow to Build 100+ Homes in 3 Years: Inside Oregon's Housing Development Process | HV04 P1
Host Marty Fulford and Bre Irish interview Ryan McAlister, the first non-Gerding family member to lead Gerding Builders, an employee-owned construction company…
Housing VoicesOnly 6% of Housing Is Accessible—And 26% of People Need It | HV03
Housing Voices podcast hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford speak with Cassie Wilson, Legislative Manager at 1000 Friends of Oregon, about the critical shortage…
Housing VoicesWhen Housing Isn’t an Option: Life with Disabilities in Oregon | HV02
Housing Voices hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford interview Misha Marie and Abby Guzman, Director and Assistant Director of programs at the ARC of Benton…
Housing VoicesHousing vs. Infrastructure: Oregon’s Impossible Budget Choices | HV01
Housing Voices podcast hosts Bre Irish and Marty Fulford interview Oregon Representative David Gomberg about the intersection of housing, infrastructure, and…
Housing VoicesWhy Oregon’s Housing Crisis Keeps Getting Worse | HV Intro
Housing Voices is a new podcast hosted by Bre Irish (former legislative aide with Senator Wyden) and Marty Fulford (experienced real estate broker and housing…