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Multifamily business models have evolved to focus on both resident opportunities and climate responsibility — to make a difference in both the community and for residents. In this episode, Thomas Stanchak, director of sustainability at Stoneweg US, dives into how they've incorporated sustainable practices into their business model.
Chapter 1: 00:00 – Overview of Stoneweg and implementing a sustainability strategy
Chapter 2: 10:03 – Cathedral Thinking for building performance plans
Chapter 3: 19:37 – Applying patient commitment to physical resiliency
Chapter 4: 24:42 – Technology that support sustainable practices
Chapter 5: 30:57 – Resident sentiments to sustainability

America’s Rental Housing 2024 report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University has found that although high volumes of new supply has come online, more renter households are cost burdened than ever before, and a record number of people are experiencing homelessness. We welcome back Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, senior research associate and lead author, to discuss what these findings mean for the nation's renters and multifamily industry. 
Chapter 1: 00:00 – Overview of the key findings
Chapter 2: 12:27 – Composition of today's renters
Chapter 3: 16:28 – The pressing issue of climate change
Chapter 4: 19:26 – Evolving rental assistance and homelessness

In this episode, we explore innovations to the affordable housing application and qualification process with Christine Wendell, co-founder and CEO of Pronto Housing. Pronto Housing is a software start-up with a mission to make the affordable housing process more accessible, intuitive and efficient for residents. 

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Navigating the affordable housing landscape
Chapter 2: 06:56 – Streamlining access and reducing application fatigue
Chapter 3: 09:58 – The missing middle: Bridging gaps in affordable housing
Chapter 4: 14:57 – Transitioning from a paper-driven process

In this episode, we explore the human impact of multifamily development with Jamar Adams, founder of Essence Development. Essence is a social impact firm dedicated to bringing hope to affordable, workforce and mixed-income housing communities.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Connections between property, market, and people
Chapter 2: 06:00 – Building communities with the community
Chapter 3: 10:27 – Healthcare, healthy food and hope
Chapter 4: 27:17 – The human impact of design

New York City is one of the most complex metro areas — so our hosts invited Matthew Murphy, executive director at the NYU Furman Center, to shed some light on this market and its unique housing challenges. 

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Composition of housing stock in New York City
Chapter 2: 06:09 – Evolution of NYC housing legislature
Chapter 3: 15:02 – Impact of new rental supply coming to the market
Chapter 4: 34:27 – Preservation of existing housing stock

The conversation around energy efficiency has evolved to electrification and decarbonization. To demystify those processes, Corey Aber and Luba Kim-Reynolds invited Lisa Brylowski, senior vice president of ESG Management at Brookfield Real Estate to, to walk through what it means to make assets greener in the commercial real estate space and for multifamily properties.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Decarbonization and net zero 101
Chapter 2: 11:18 – Determining emissions at a property
Chapter 3: 21:18 – Green Certifications and embodied carbon
Chapter 4: 29:42 – Balancing decarbonization and affordable housing needs
Chapter 5: 32:02 – Advice for owner/operators on getting started