Affordable Housing Forum

Betsy Morris of Berkeley is Co-founder of Planning for Sustainable Communities, helping intentional communities draft their agreements and operational guidelines. Betsy holds a Ph.D in City & Regional Planning from U.C.Berkeley and offers her perspective having served MTC/ABAG and the Bay Area Equity Collaborative in planning for climate change. www.betsymorris.com

Len Marsh of Belmont has a background in real-estate investing, and commercial development. These days Len is thinking small and has built two Tiny Houses from Recycled
Shipping Containers and advocates for their use as suburban accessory structures. www.lenmarsh.com

Candace Anderson and Aaron Castle have lived in their self-built tiny house on wheels for two years and advocate for Tiny Houses for every day use in urban and suburban settings. www.canander.com

Vinnie Bacon will talk about the Overview of the Housing Crisis in Fremont. Fremont City Council Member and Housing Authority of the County of Alameda (HACA) Commissioner. Louis Chicoine Has successfully led Abode Services’ development into the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest agency providing housing and social services to
homeless people. www.abodeservices.org

Service Employees International Union is an organization of 2-million members united by the belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide and dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society.