Investing with Integrity with Anjelica Rivas

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Credits

Hosted by: Kristina Modares and Steph Douglass

Guest: Anjelica Rivas

Produced and Edited by: Alan Galinsky

Music by: Bensound

Photo by: Chelsea Francis

Graphic by: Molly Knobloch

Episode 6 Summary

In this episode, Steph chats with Anjelica Rivas, an urban planner, who is passionate about creating equitable access, power and mobility, in the built environment. They discuss the problems of gentrification, limited affordable housing, HOAs, and low housing stock in Austin, and ways in which we, as buyers and investors, and do better for our entire community. From ADUs, to missing middle housing, to changing current policies, we can help make a change in our city and learn a lot from this episode. Thank you Anjelica!

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Sources:

• First Time Homebuyer Course Waitlist

• The Alley Flat Initiative

• Friend’s of Hyde Park

• Missing Middle Housing

• Investing with Integrity with Anjelica Rivas, Webinar Recording

• How to Build a Tiny Home (ADU) blog

• Open House Podcast Episode 4: Healing From White Supremacy and Making Mindful Home Buying Decision with Kaneischa Johnson

Our Guest:

Anjelica Rivas

Anjelica Rivas is an urban planner, and she currently works in the affordable housing development and finance consulting field, has experience as an accessibility consultant, and is passionate about ensuring that her own personal investments challenge the historically racially inequitable status quo. Anjelica received her Masters in Community and Regional Planning from UT in 2019, where she was able to learn about the nuances of racial inequality and inequity in the built environment, and is committed cultivating conversation around this topic to confront and challenge the systems that uphold these practices.