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The Welcome Home Podcast

The Welcome Home Podcast

Hosted by Minnesota Homeownership Center

Episodes

40

Latest episode

Dec 2025

Language

EN-US

About the show

The nonprofit Minnesota Homeownership Center promotes and advances successful homeownership in Minnesota with an emphasis on serving those facing the greatest barriers to homeownership: lower income households and communities of color. We link individuals, homeownership advisors and industry stakeholders. We support community-based organizations with the structure and funding to develop and deliver culturally-responsive homeownership education and advising. And we collaborate and lead the development of innovative homeownership programming.

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December 29, 2025Episode 1023 min

Community Partner Spotlight - YIMBY Twin Cities

We sit down with representatives from the Twin Cities Chapter of YIMBY, which stands for Yes In My Back Yard. Chapter Leads Paige Kahle and Meghan Howard join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

December 12, 2025Episode 817 min

Owner/Occupant Landlord Primer

We explore the potential benefits of becoming an owner/occupant landlord by purchasing and living in a 2-4 unit property. Andrea Inouye, program director with Twin Cities-based Family Housing Fund, and Stefania Metzger, learning and development manager with the Minnesota Homeownership Center join host Bill Gray for this discussion.

December 4, 2025Episode 839 min

Community Partner Spotlight – NAREB Twin Cities

We sit down with representatives from the Twin Cities Chapter of NAREB, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers. Tiffany Phillips, current President, Jessica James, President-Elect and Melissa Pugh, Board Chair join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

November 24, 2025Episode 615 min

Community Partner Spotlight – NAHREP Twin Cities

We sit down with representatives from the Twin Cities Chapter of NAHREP, the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. Julissa Fuentes-Roberts, current President, and Estefy Borns, incoming President join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

November 12, 2025Episode 420 min

Achieving Homeownership Panel Discussion (af Soomaali)

African Development Center Homeownership Advisor Ahmed Artan takes over the mic to host a panel discussion on achieving homeownership in Somali! Mahamud Gorod, Account Executive with Guidance Residential, and Ahmed Farah, Realtor® and Broker with Goodir Realty join him for the conversation.

November 6, 2025Episode 519 min

What Is "Missing Middle" Housing?

We look into the concept of "Missing Middle" Housing, a term which encompasses many types of more affordable starter-homes that can't be built today due to zoning and other municipality-level requirements governing new home construction. Housing First Minnesota's VP of Legislative and Political Affairs Mark Foster joins host Bill Gray for this conversation.

September 12, 2025Episode 421 min

What Is Manufactured Housing?

We're joined by three experts to discuss manufactured housing, a homeownership option that comes with a lower entry-cost hurdle than a traditionally built home. Tory Clark-West, Executive Director of Minnesota-based CoNorth, Shawn Stewart, Senior Lending Advisor with NeighborWorks Home Partners, and Stefania Metzger, Learning and Development Manager at the Minnesota Homeownership Center join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

July 10, 2025Episode 326 min

Meet Our Homeownership Advisors!

We sit down with three of our Network Homeownership Advisors to discuss their work in honor of Homeownership Month. Braden Strayhan with NeighborWorks Home Partners, Anais Valle with Neighborhood Development Alliance (NeDA) and Stephen Sengendo with the International Institute of Minnesota join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

May 22, 2025Episode 222 min

How to Discharge a Racial Covenant

We look at Covenants in Property Deeds, a component of real estate where it’s not unusual to find remaining remnants of the overt racism that was once part of the home building, buying and selling process. Maria Cisneros, City Attorney for the City of Golden Valley, and Jamar Hardy, Diversity and Inclusion Director and a Managing Broker with Edina Realty join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

March 19, 2025Episode 125 min

The Center’s 2025 Advocacy at the State Capitol

We dig into the Center's advocacy work at the State Capitol this session. Greta Gaetz, Government Affairs Director for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, and Roxanne Young Kimball, Center President join host Bill Gray for this conversation.

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