As a young child I learned that race determined where my family could live and where we lived defined the educational opportunities that would be offered to me.

Growing up I watched hardworking people invest effort and love into making their homes places they felt were attractive. Even when modest, the homes were welcoming spaces you treated with respect. The importance and value of one's housing was indelibly etched in mind. Everyone deserved such a space, a refuge and this source of pride.

I have had a career as an urban planner, housing developer and community builder. I mastered government subsidy programs, bought and flipped foreclosures, managed apartment complexes and rooming houses. My objective always has been to offer housing that was safe and attractive, homes as affordable as possible, particularly to low wealth communities.

It takes creativity and flexibility to make housing work. I hope this site can be a gathering place for smart ideas. It may take a village to raise a child but we need the wisdom of the full tribe to show us how to live bountifully in the third chapter of our lives.