The Vitalyst Spark Podcast
Ep. 9 Affordable Housing and COVID-19
COVID-19 has not only flipped daily life on its ear, it has also exacerbated big challenges that Vitalyst and its partners have been working to solve. Not sure what we mean by big challenges? Well, look no further than issue of available, safe, and affordable housing. Throughout Arizona, supportive shelter was increasingly out of reach for far too many residents B.C. – that’s before COVID. Now, things are far more challenging and urgent. No one yet knows the exact increase in the numbers of Arizonans experiencing homelessness, in need supportive housing, or hoping to not have to choose between say “rent and food,” or “rent and filling a prescription,” but it’s fair to assume that COVID-19 hasn’t made the lack of affordable housing any less of a crisis unto itself. Many experienced health care and government partners agree: housing IS health care. In fact, there’s another curve out there to flatten: the spike in the numbers of people for whom shelter-in-place is impossible, for whom the concept of a supportive home is a challenge at the least; or even worse a high-cost, high-stress, overwhelming burden. Here’s the thing: there is opportunity in crisis. Very smart, very dedicated people have been working on housing all over the state. So we asked some of them to join us today. We all need to know what tools we might use to make positive progress when it comes to ensuring that everyone can find a place they can call home.
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Ep. 41 Page and the Pandemic03/23/2021
Ep. 40 Streets, Spaces, and Vibrancy03/16/2021
Ep. 39 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 3/15/2103/09/2021
Ep. 38 Trauma Sensitive Schools in Arizona03/03/2021
Ep. 37 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 3/1/2102/23/2021
Ep. 36 2021 Legislative Session Update02/16/2021
Ep. 35 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 02/1502/09/2021
Ep. 34 COVID-19 Global View02/02/2021
Ep. 33 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 2/101/28/2021
Ep. 32 Tribal Health and Vibrancy01/19/2021
Ep. 31 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 1/18/2101/12/2021
Ep. 30 Arizona's Eviction Crisis01/05/2021
Ep. 29 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 1/412/22/2020
Ep. 28 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 12/2112/09/2020
Ep. 27 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 12/0711/24/2020
Ep. 26 COVID Roundtable Update - 11/2411/11/2020
Ep. 25 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 11/0911/05/2020
Ep. 24 Health Coverage Open Enrollment09/29/2020
Ep. 23 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 9/2909/08/2020
Ep. 22 Education Equity and Health09/01/2020
Ep. 21 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 9/108/25/2020
Ep. 20 The Health Data Challenge, Pt. 1 - 8/2508/18/2020
Ep. 19 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 8/1808/12/2020
Ep. 18 Census 2020 Action Update - 8/1108/04/2020
Ep. 17 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 8/407/28/2020
Ep. 16 LGBTQ Communities and COVID-1907/21/2020
Ep. 15 COVID-19 Roundtable Update - 7/2106/30/2020
Ep. 14 Heat, Health and COVID-1906/24/2020
Ep. 13 COVID Roundtable Update - 6/2306/17/2020
Ep. 12 Arizona Food Systems and COVID-1906/03/2020
Ep. 11 Storytelling for Systems Change05/28/2020
Ep. 10 5-27 COVID Roundtable Update05/19/2020
Ep. 9 Affordable Housing and COVID-1905/12/2020
Ep. 8 5-12 COVID Roundtable Update05/06/2020
Ep. 7 First Responders and COVID-1904/28/2020
Ep. 6 04-28 COVID-19 Roundtable Update04/20/2020
Ep. 5 Meet MarCo: Healthy Affordable Local Foods and COVID-1904/14/2020
Ep. 4 04-14 COVID-19 Roundtable Update04/07/2020
Ep. 3 Arizona Census 202003/31/2020
Ep. 2 03-31 COVID-19 Roundtable Update03/16/2020
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