Earlier this year, a housing and infrastructure study from Metro’s Planning Department found that Nashville will need approximately 90,000 more units over the next decade to keep up with demand.
NashVillager Podcast: Andrew Jackson Courts
Why did Black leaders protest the building of the city’s oldest housing project? Plus, the local news for November 14, 2025.
In My Place, Episode 19: Homelessness doesn’t just affect you. It hits the rest of us.
From a young age, Colby Keegan said he hoped to “affect positive change.” He was homeless when he died of an overdose at the age of 23. His mother, Lisa Wysocky, founded Colby’s Army in his honor.
How the Eviction Right to Counsel program supports evictees
It’s a Tuesday and hundreds of landlords and tenants trickle into Judge Sam Coleman’s courtroom at the Metro Nashville Courthouse.
In My Place, Episode 18: Losing home again
Welcome back to In My Place — a series about finding, and losing, home in a growing Nashville. This season, we’re getting to walk through the specific steps from homelessness to housing with people who have done it. In our last 8 episodes, we’ve talked about everything from connecting with services for the very first […]
Balancing affordable housing and density
When Vanderbilt polled Nashvillians in March about top priorities for city investment, there was near unanimity around one issue. Nearly 90% wanted investment in more affordable housing. But when the questioning hit closer to home, the support waned. According to this same poll, 56% of residents support allowing multifamily housing “everywhere in my city to revitalize […]
In My Place, Episode 17: It’s hard being home
In My Place is a series that educates listeners on what communities like Nashville can do to prevent and end homelessness — while caring for our neighbors who are still unhoused. In our last episode, we celebrated getting those keys! In this episode, we’re talking about the difficulties of having a home.
NashVillager Podcast: Zoning
Where will we put all the housing Nashville needs? Plus, the local news for September 17, 2025.
From Somali refugee to housing navigator: Abdikadir Mohamed
Abdikadir Mohamed spent fourteen years in a Kenyan refugee camp before being able to immigrate to Nashville where he and his family made a life for themselves.
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