Living Unlimited – Developing Housing for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters!

 

In today’s episode, I welcome Alex Krem

 

Alex Krem has been actively involved with the special needs community since 1957. He is co-founder and chair of Living Unlimited. Alex is also chair and interim executive director of Camping Unlimited for Developmentally Disabled, established in 1957. In summer of 2019, it will hosted more than 800 children and adults and provided more than 6,000 camper-days and nights of recreation and independence-building to this wonderful population.  Alex has been an active Rotarian since the late 1980s and was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of his fund-raising work for the Anna Kegan Appeal providing $800,000 to send Anna to France for two bone marrow transplants and a Telethon by which his club raised more than $1,000,000 to build the Ronald McDonald House at Auckland Hospital.

 

Alex is also an investment banker, lawyer, and serial entrepreneur. He is the founder and managing director of Admiralty International, founded the Worldwide School of English and is investment manager for First Global Venture Capital AG of Germany. He has more than 35 years’ legal, banking, investment and financial experience in over 70 countries. He holds multiple degrees (BA, MBA, and JD) from the University of California at Berkeley. He also studied industrial psychology at the Ph.D. level at the University of Minnesota. He consults regularly for the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, the US Congress, the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

 

Listen to find out more about:

 

[00:01 - 01:10] Opening Segment

I welcome Alex Krem to the Show Bio

 

[01:11 - 08:10] What is Living Unlimited?

A Delaware Charitable Corporation Addressing every parent’s nightmare Five Years of Progress and Impact Hijacked by their Own Director! Intellectual versus Developmental Disabilities Patchwork Quilt: A Financial Model “We do not look at public assistance for housing.” Co-Owners of the Property

 

[08:11 - 22:34] Developing Housing for People with IDD

What are neurotypical people? Living normally together Services offered by Living Unlimited to their residents Institutions are a good thing What did you call homeless people before Ronald Reagan was governor? Alex talks about their housing The Residency Rate Living Unlimited’s Future Developments The Biggest Lesson Learned How Alex found himself in disability projects

 

 [22:35 - 26:04] Closing Segment

See links below to know more about Alex Krem Final word

Tweetable Quote/s:

 

“We want houses where our children can age gracefully in place.” - Alex Krem

 

“Everybody has got their own idea.” - Alex Krem

 

“Nothing that we're doing or that other people are doing hasn't been done before… You don't have to do it yourself.” - Alex Krem

 

You can connect with Alex through [email protected], 510-610-3555, or visit their website https://living-unlimited.org/ and be one of them in believing ‘faster, alone, further together.’

To learn more, share feedback, or share guest ideas, please visit our website, or contact us on Facebook and Twitter. 

 

Like what you've heard?  Please review us! That helps let other people know about the podcast.

 

Accessible Housing Matters is dedicated to raising awareness about important issues around accessibility and housing, and getting conversations going. I'd love to learn more about what's on your mind, and get your feedback about the show. Contact me directly at [email protected] to share your thoughts or arrange a call.