[Lwvcnmtopics] LWVCNM - Reminder - Monthly Educational Meeting Tomorrow -Thursday June 11th at Noon - Affordable Housing: Beyond the Unhoused (One Year Later)

[LWV CentralNewMexico]

 Dear LWVCNM Members,

This is a reminder to please join us tomorrow, June 11th at noon for our
monthly Educational Meeting. This month we have an update on Affordable
Housing which is a followup to our June 2025 meeting. Please join us to
learn what has, and what hasn't changed in the last year. If you would like
to review last June's meeting you can find the recording here
Program video <https://youtu.be/reOkVWSxvJo>   The meeting is in person and
on Zoom. The Zoom invitation is at the bottom of the email.

*JUNE EDUCATIONAL MEETING*
*Thursday, June 11th at Noon*
*WHERE:        LWVCNM Offices Conference Room, 6739 Academy Rd. NE, ample
parking*
*  In person (members and guests only); Zoom (members and general public)*


*TOPIC:         **Affordable Housing: Beyond the Unhoused (One Year Later)*

*SPEAKERS:*   *Lisa Huval **NM **Office of **Housing, Dept of Workforce
Solutions* *and **CABQ’s* *Dr. Brittany Karnezis *

Panelists will include:

·        Lisa Huval, Housing Initiatives Manager, Office of Housing, Dept
of Workforce Solutions, discussing housing options available to lower
income residents and eviction prevention programs

·        Dr. Brittany Karnezis who will address both

-        the Gateway Young Adult Housing and Treatment Navigation Center
preventing homelessness for youth aging out of foster care, as well as

-        treatment services and the success rate for the mentally ill and
substance abuse victims who may remain unhoused if not receptive to CABQ
Shelter options.

*Affordable Housing - Beyond the Unhoused (One Year Later)*

This educational meeting will offer members a status update on statewide
housing and homeless projects slated or under development via last year’s
2025-26 State Legislative funding; the impact of the May 2026 Albuquerque
City Council Ordinance #O2614, also called the “Enhanced Service and Safety
Zone Ordinance,” which allows the city to designate certain areas as
“enhanced service and safety zones” and adding there more police patrols,
sanitation work, and behavioral health resources, which may also unduly
impact the unhoused; and a brief overview of NM Department of Workforce
Solutions Office of Housing and the new DWS Housing Development RFP
released April 24th .

*Lisa Huval* is the Housing Initiatives Manager for the Office of Housing
in the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions. Lisa has led policy,
programmatic and funding initiatives related to affordable housing and
homelessness for twenty years. She has held leadership positions both in
the nonprofit and government sectors and believes strong collaboration
between these two sectors is necessary to ensure everyone has a safe place
to call home.

Lisa has helped build and strengthen all parts of the housing spectrum in
New Mexico, from creating permanent supportive housing for people
experiencing homelessness to funding affordable rental housing developments
to building mixed income for-sale residential communities. With a Master’s
degree in Community and Regional Planning, Lisa is a strong facilitator and
consensus-builder, with demonstrated success in bringing people together to
effectively address difficult issues.

*Dr. Brittany Karnezis* is a public-sector and community leader whose work
focuses on homelessness response, systems coordination, and community
wellbeing initiatives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She currently serves as
Homeless Innovations Officer with the City of Albuquerque’s Department of
Health, Housing, and Homelessness, where she supports strategic initiatives
related to encampment response, outreach coordination, service navigation,
and the Gateway System of Care. Prior to her work with the City, Dr.
Karnezis served in leadership roles across higher education and nonprofit
organizations, including as Director of Student Life at Central New Mexico
Community College. Her work has centered on cross-sector collaboration,
operational strategy, equity-informed programming, and strengthening
systems that support vulnerable populations.

Dr. Karnezis holds a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with an
emphasis in Higher Education from West Texas A&M University. She also
serves on the Core Leadership Team for the New Mexico Basic Needs
Consortium; a statewide collaborative focused on advancing basic needs
initiatives for college students across New Mexico.



Zoom Invitation -


LWVCNM is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Affordable Housing: Beyond the Unhoused (One Year Later)
Time: Jun 11, 2026 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83867056964?pwd=E6xQGNWGlxWTihy06vMy70yD4Xzihu.1

Meeting ID: 838 6705 6964
Passcode: 001993

Join instructions
https://us02web.zoom.us/meetings/83867056964/invitations?signature=w3HcefywXbsHM8IQUV_NzsVJKX2B_HehVS864KNC6ng



League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico
6739 Academy Rd. NE  Suite 124
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109-3352
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