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NCST’s work increases access to homeownership, promotes resilient neighborhoods, and advances racial equity by advocating for policy change.
Our guest speaker will be..
Craig Vanderlaan, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Crisis Housing Solutions
Closing the gap between affordable housing demand and supply has encouraged a multitude of solutions, including those that focus on sustainable and supportive single-family housing stock. As we delve into some of the latest trends in innovative housing production methods, Craig Vanderlaan will share his perspectives and experience in expanding his organization’s mission of building healthy communities where people live, work and prosper using innovative factory built housing solutions.
Crisis Housing Solutions, previously known as Adopt a Hurricane Family, was established in 2005 to build safe, cost-effective, and sustainable housing solutions to help displaced families rebuild their lives and communities after the displacement caused by natural disasters.
Please join us to learn more about their latest work in factory built housing that is sustainable, affordable, and accessible in today’s housing landscape.
Craig Vanderlaan is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Crisis Housing Solutions (CHS), a non-profit 501(c)(3), founded as Adopt A Hurricane Family by Craig and his wife, Lisa, in response to the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005. Through community collaboration, CHS has successfully assisted over 4,500 families with sustainable housing solutions. Over the years, CHS has provided foreclosure prevention services, first-time homebuyer assistance and created their Community Stabilization Initiative of rehabbing and selling REO properties to low-to-moderate income families. Today, CHS is focused on leading a community effort to create the “Housing Solutions Center of Jacksonville”, an innovative modular housing & research center on a 14-acre site located at 1200 Talleyrand Avenue. Active in the community, he has served on numerous committees, including the Broward Long Term Recovery Coalition, Florida VOAD and as Chair of the Town of Davie and City of Tamarac Affordable Housing Advisory Committees. He received a B.A. degree from St. Thomas University in Criminal Justice with a minor in Economics.
NCST’s work increases access to homeownership, promotes resilient neighborhoods, and advances racial equity by advocating for policy change.