HomeMy WebLinkAboutVLHA Board Application 5/5/2023 4:00:15 PM - Kristin Kenney Williams (2)VLHA Board Application
The Council resurrected the Vail Local Housing Authority in 2001 after a seven-year absence.
The five-member volunteer board meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at
3pm.
The VLHA is responsible for:
VLHA Budget approval
Advocacy
Coordinating with Town of Vail staff on housing initiatives
Recommendations to Town Council for strategic long-term planning
Name of Applicant *
Phone Number *
Email *
Do you own property
or a business in the
Town of Vail?*
Proof of eligibility *
What skills and
experiences do you
have that will serve to
advance the mission
of the Vail Local
Housing Authority?*
Kristin Kenney Williams
9703900062
kristin@commfluent.com
VLHA Eligibility Requirements
Yes
No
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The mission of the Vail Local Housing Authority is to collaborate on the creation of
additional deed restricted homes for year-round and seasonal Vail residences.
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In addition to being a longtime business owner of a public affairs consultancy firm
and resident of the Vail Valley, my passion for facilitating how to achieve community
housing goals, whether on behalf of the private sector, the non-profit sector or as a
community stakeholder, continues to be a priority action item. I have substantial
experience working with developers and businesses, large and small, who have
brought forward multifamily projects that have included deed-restricted housing.
Helping to determine those successful paths that include workforce and attainable
housing relies on creativity and collaboration. I currently serve on the VLHA and
believe I contribute ideas and strategy to the meaningful strides we're making. I also
serve on the Eagle County Task Force and am in my second year as President of
the Board of Directors, Habitat Vail Valley.
The Vail Local Housing Authority meets twice monthly on the second and fourth
Tuesday’s of each month from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Please describe your
availability to attend
these twice monthly
meetings and the
support you have
your employer, if
applicable, to do so?
*
What ideas would
you suggest the Vail
Housing Authority
considers to be more
effective in acquiring
deed restrictions?*
What ideas do you
have for more
effectively
implementing these
policies and
strategies to increase
the supply of deed
restricted homes for
the Vail community?
*
5000 Characters Max
My record to date serving on the VLHA should assure you that I have the time and
enthusiasm to continue to be a very engaged member of the team.
The Vail Local Housing Authority relies upon deed restrictions as the tool to achieve
home availability for year-round and seasonal Vail residents. They do this through
implementing programs, initiatives and developments.
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Increased communications around the Vail InDEED program; how an individual or
family can qualify for a deed restricted home - or place a deed restriction on their
home to stay in the Vail community.
Seeking increased public-private partnerships to deliver incremental deed
restrictions.
Seeking creative partnerships to ensure a mix of new deed restrictions, for sale and
rental.
Continue to explore with Community Development how the process in delivering or
acquiring deed restrictions can be streamlined.
The Vail Local Housing Authority, through the Vail Town Council, implements policies
and strategies believed to best serve the Town in acquiring deed restrictions.
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As stated above, continue to explore with Community Development how the process
in delivering or acquiring new deed restrictions can be streamlined.
The Vail Town Council policies and strategies are progressive and out front of most
if not all mountain resort communities. Further exploring public-private partnerships
within the Town of Vail and perhaps as far as Edwards will help identify new and
creative ways to increase supply - for example, bringing to fruition Sen. Bill 1 that
passed this year to build housing on the underutilized state land board parcel in
EagleVail.
Continuing to leverage the VLHA's relationships to seek grant funding, and its ability
to bond.
Explore land opportunities, and non-profit partnerships with organizations like
Habitat for Humanity, to ensure a mix of housing types (for sale and rental) within
the policy and strategy guidelines.
By creation, the Vail Local Housing Authority serves to advocate for solutions to the
Town’s decades long housing challenges.
How would your
appointment to the
Authority add value
and bring about new
solutions to the
communities housing
challenges?*
Please describe your
background and
experiences in areas
of knowledge such as
real estate
development, real
estate finance,
affordable housing,
mortgage lending,
property
management,
strategic planning
and implementation,
and similarly related
fields.*
Letter of Interest *
Resume *
I have substantial experience working with developers and businesses, large and
small, who have brought forward multifamily projects that have included deed-
restricted housing. Helping to determine those new and successful paths that
include workforce and attainable housing relies on creativity and collaboration.
As a housing advocate, I also continue to serve on the Eagle County Housing Task
Force, and I’m in my second year serving as President of the Board of Directors,
Habitat Vail Valley. This year, Habitat will move from eight home starts to a
remarkable 24. By end of year 2024, 40 homes plus six recycled homes will be
delivered to 46 families.
Commfluent has also been retained to create and execute on a regional housing
summit in Big Sky, Montana later this year. All to say, my relationships and exposure
to ideation around helping to solve the housing crisis that we collectively continue to
combat in our mountain resort communities are vast.
On the VLHA, we are consistently exploring new solutions at the direction of VTC -
for example, what you're seeing with the Timber Ridge redevelopment Phase II, and
the EagleVail state land board parcel.
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I have a nearly two-decade track record of building consensus among disparate
groups and successfully navigating complicated and oftentimes controversial
projects involving the public and private sectors and nonprofit worlds with strategic
planning, communications and community outreach.
I specialize in strategic communications and in finding common ground, assuaging
public concerns and getting buy-in from key stakeholders, including, but not limited
to, municipal, county, state and federal governments, as well as private companies
with sometimes divergent, important objectives. From proactive public relations to
reputation management, I am an analytical thinker known for my ability to manage
multiple projects and priorities in a high-profile environment.
Having founded Commfluent Inc., I have numerous successful real estate
entitlement project examples past and present that required or require significant
strategic planning and community outreach.
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