Waste of the Day: “Trauma-Informed Housing” Will Get $2.5 Million

The progressive housing concept adds expenses to make sure residents experience “safety and trust; choice and empowerment; community and collaboration; and beauty and joy,” according to the Urban Institute. -  Jeremy Portnoy - 

• It is unclear what company will be designing Santa Fe’s proposed housing development, but there has been a national push by groups, including the Urban Institute, the Preservation of Affordable Housing and more, to create housing systems that address trauma. 
• That can include anxiety, past experiences with racism, or even memories of the Covid-19 pandemic.
•  The groups argue that “the housing system intersects with other systems that cause trauma” and can “disempower or remind people of their trauma.”..