Maintaining Equitability: A Guide to Truly Hearing Our Residents

Round 1: YesExciting to see tenant/resident perspectives included in design considerations. When we discuss issues of equity in housing and real estate development, we often talk about access to spaces where decisions are being made. Establishing a method for including tenants is critical to the development of safe, healthy, resilient housing. Would like to see Bright Power establish a pathway for wider integration. Can other professionals stand on their shoulders and use these methods on their own projects? How do we share this feedback with state and city partners to compile wider datasets? What were the additional benefits of this process beyond collecting tenant responses (community engagement, resident investment in success of the project, improved access to resident spaces, improved communication between owner/developer and tenants)?

Round 1: YesThis gets to the story, data, and processess the first one I reviewed did not. There is a plan, here, and real-world intel. Good speaker set wiht includng the Housing Association. Perhpas can a facility manager or a tenant rep be included? 

Yes - Well thought through and a strong topic.  I would advise against having two people from Brighpower on the panel and limit to one.  Very interested to hear the methods for engaging residents and property management personnel.  Another focus should be what happens when you engage the residents, hear their concerns and comments, but then don't address their needs due to costs or other challenges.  Are you perhaps worse off than if you never engaged them?  Would be great if panel could address this situation.

Round 1 Discussion:Love sessions about engagement with residents. Data driven. Story data + pluses - wonderful, real world. Good speakers - bring in someone to make it less Bright Powery -- pathway for wider integration?

Round 2 - yes!Final intent is panel is for Andrea ot be the moderator of the discussion, and Amritha to be on the panel along with a Resident Champion (from the current resident rep coalition) to join (this is confirmed adn we will gte the name soon) and the Outreach Coordinater from MHANY (not yet confirmed, but in the works).Great story of some of the transition, including increase in residents reaching out to volunteer feedback. This will be an incredible example of bridging this significant gap.Ben - I proposed to Andrea that we may amplify the impact if there is some way to sponser some residents attending as well. I'll drop that in an e-mail for additional discussion. With this, we can show the residents that the indistryu as a whol is moving towatd electrificaiton, health, equity, etc.Some other aspects residents ar concerned about -understanding feedback in reno versus new...billselectrificationThe story includes insights from the resident committe on the Enterprise Green Communities survey approach and process. 

R2 Discussion:Previous concern: 2 BP speakers. Now: Andrea will be moderator, and looking for other speakers. MHNY has a new role called "outreach coordinator" - Andrea is trynig to bring in that person, also the resident champion on the panel. No questions/concerns.