Housing Matters: The Housing Trust Podcast

Today we will be speaking with Andrea Gerber, a housing counselor at the Housing Trust. Andrea has spent almost seven years helping people get ready to buy their first home, and she gives us a look at what housing counseling actually is and how it helps people on their path to homeownership. We talk about what a housing counselor does, what happens in a first session, and the question she hears most: can I afford to buy a house? Andrea also explains what lenders look at, how debt-to-income ra...

In this episode of Housing Matters, host Roman "Tiger" Abeyta talks with Nathan about planning and land use in Santa Fe County. Drawing on his experience working with the county, Nathan walks through what the land use process actually looks like from start to finish, the biggest challenges he's seen, and how planning decisions directly impact housing availability and affordability in our community. He also shares what he'd like to see change in how these decisions get made — and what he wishe...

In this episode of Housing Matters, host Roman "Tiger" Abeyta sits down with Alexandra Ladd, Director of Santa Fe County's Growth Management Department, to talk about her transition from leading the City of Santa Fe's Office of Affordable Housing to her current role overseeing land use at the county. Alexandra breaks down what inclusionary zoning actually means, how city and county rules differ, and why collaboration between government, nonprofits, and private developers is essential to solvi...

In this episode of Housing Matters, host Roman "Tiger" Abeyta sits down with filmmakers Dillon "Tiger" Abeyta and Bright Quashie to talk about New Mexico's booming film industry, and the housing challenges quietly shaping its future. Dillon and Bright share how they each found their way into film, from Bright's journey from Ghana to working on Better Call Saul, to Dillon's path through UNM, the writers' strikes, and film school in London. They also introduce Phintch, a new streaming platform ...

In this episode of Housing Matters, host Roman "Tiger" Abeyta sits down with Brandon Holmes to explore the growing role of AI in the workplace, and what it could mean for organizations like The Housing Trust. From streamlining decades of internal data to speeding up grant writing and mortgage calculations, Brandon breaks down practical, real-world ways AI can save time without replacing the human expertise that makes this work meaningful. They also dig into the risks of adopting AI without th...