Stacy Jackson and Kelley Kellis
Recorded
August 2, 2023
Archived
August 2, 2023
37:22 minutes
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Id:
mby022955
Description
Kelley Kellis (47) interviews her friend Stacy Salters Jackson (49) about what home means to her, her experience having had seventeen different addresses in Kalamazoo, and what she would like landlords in Kalamazoo to know.Subject Log / Time Code
Stacy Salters (S) shares what home means to her. She says Kalamazoo is home for her. S says she's had seventeen different addresses in Kalamazoo.
S describes the challenges she's faced as a renter in Kalamazoo.
S says homeownership is not for the weak minded and describes the expenses that came up for her when she was a homeowner.
S says she gave landlords reason to question some of their beliefs about people.
S says she quit her job with the county and had to change her housing situation again.
S describes how her transient nature has affected her children.
S shares what she would tell landlords in Kalamazoo county.
S gives advice to other parents of young children.
S says Kalamazoo was a great place to live in growing up and that is why she wants it to be better now.
S explains how the covid-19 pandemic has changed her lifestyle and relationships.
S says, "I want to be a light in the dark world," and shares her hopes for the future.
Participants
- Stacy Jackson
- Kelley Kellis