Shelterforce will host, "Getting to More Accessible, Affordable, Inclusive Housing," a webinar where we’ll explore why affordable housing development processes should become more disability-forward, and how you can integrate this lens into your housing initiatives. Gain insights from individuals who need more accessible housing, those actively involved in creating it, and advocates who are working on getting more funding for it.

The discussion will be moderated by Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce’s CEO and editor-in-chief, and will feature:

• Chelsea Hayman, director of housing policy and programs for Maryland’s Department of Disabilities. Hayman’s areas of specialization include permanent supportive housing, accessibility modifications, aging in place, single family housing rehabilitation programs, and fair housing issues for persons with disabilities.

• Hunter Herrera-McFarland, policy associate for The Kelsey, an organization that creates and works on disability-forward housing solutions.

• Shelly Richardson, executive director of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois working across the state to provide the leadership, research, planning, and education required to support independent living services for people with disabilities across Illinois.

• Anita Cameron, director of minority outreach for Not Dead Yet. Cameron is a longtime disability activist who has been an integral part of the disabilities activist group, ADAPT, protesting for various disabilities rights issues from advocating for wheelchair lifts on buses to pushing to expand home health care.