Staff Fun Facts (Sports)
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Pop Culture
Affordable Housing
Housing in Media
100

This staff member participated in the famous Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.

Yudhi Brownson
100

This staff member and her family have been featured in multiple "National Harbor" ads. 

Somer Cross
100

This HBO series about a wealthy media family takes its name from the concept of inheritance

Succession

100

This term describes households paying more than 30% of their income on housing, with 50%+ often considered “severe.”

Cost-Burdened 

100

This Chicago-area house is the setting of a Christmas movie where a young boy defends his home from burglars.

Home Alone

200

DAILY DOUBLE

This staff member was on the junior Olympic training team for Luge for Team USA for the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.  He's also a talented Planner. 

Zach Larnard

200

This staff member once, when she was young, recorded a song in a music studio. 

Lucinda Metcalf 

200

This 2020 Taylor Swift album, created during the pandemic, marked a shift toward indie folk and alternative styles

Folklore

200

This federal program provides block grants to local governments for housing and community development, often funding affordable housing projects.

CDBG

200

This New York City apartment building at 90 Bedford Street is home to six friends in this long-running sitcom.

Friends

300

This staff members dabbles in music production as a hobby and also enjoys nature & landscape photography. Ask him about Public Private Partnerships!

Marwan Mahmoud 

300
This staff member was born in Okinawa, Japan.

Sharon Shields

300

This Safdie brothers film starring Adam Sandler is known for its relentless pacing and anxiety-inducing tone.

Uncut Gems

300

This type of housing is priced for middle-income workers like teachers and firefighters, often above traditional affordable housing limits.

Workforce Housing

300

This San Francisco home with a red door is shared by three sisters raising kids in this 1980s–90s sitcom.

Full House

400
This staff person played basketball in high school - If that's too general, she's a DJ and a caterer in her spare time!

Kenise Lewis

400

This staff member has a twin. But his twin is not nearly as good as him at scheduling meetings with 10 or more people in Outlook. 

Corey Brocke
400

This series created by Donald Glover is set in Georgia but frequently breaks realism with surreal, standalone episodes.

Atlanta

400

In many localities, developers can build more units than zoning normally allows in exchange for providing affordable housing through this tool

Density Bonus

400

This Albuquerque home becomes infamous as the residence of a high school teacher turned drug kingpin

What is Breaking Bad?

500
This staff member once skied in -100 degrees windchill. Some wonder whether his long, flowy hair froze over. 
Matthew Graham 
500

This staff person will be the DJ of a 200+ person event this weekend. 

Anna Shapiro

500

Daily Double 

This 2019 film by Bong Joon-ho blends social satire and thriller elements while exploring class inequality in South Korea - it also won the 2020 Best Picture award.

Parasite

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

This federal law requires assistance for people displaced by federally funded projects, including comparable housing and relocation payments

Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (URA)

500

This lavish Bel-Air mansion is where a teenager from West Philadelphia is sent to live with his wealthy relatives

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?