Go Ask the Question

Written By Katie Goar

As Raj Chetty wrapped up his keynote, I turned to my Hype Squad and said: “I wonder how much private capital it would take to scale these mobility strategies.”

They didn’t let the thought end there.
“Why are you wondering? Go up and ask him.”
Insert strong elbow nudging sounds.

Raj Chetty had just finished explaining research showing:
- proximity to higher-income social networks can influence opportunity,
- how Seattle’s housing navigator pilot translates into higher earnings for children later in life, and
- the strongest predictors of economic mobility.

My brain was ... yes ... a word cloud.
Mobility > Opportunity > Networks > Investment > Self Sufficiency

And underneath all of it, one question kept getting louder:
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲?

Anyone else have a "stop you in your tracks" moment at the NAHRO Symposium this week?

Katie Goar

Katie Goar started with Quadel in 2007 and began leading the company as president in 2015. She leads Quadel with a special focus on customer service and has shifted the company’s corporate culture, resulting in excellent client service. Katie brings decades of affordable housing experience, having held a mayor-appointed position in city government, a top-level management role within a public housing authority and provided portfolio oversight for 60,000 multifamily units before leading Quadel, a nationwide affordable housing consulting and training organization.

https://www.katiegoar.com/
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