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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 strategyChapter 2: 10:03 – Cathedral Thinking for building performance plansChapter 3: 19:...

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...

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 landscapeChapter 2: 06:56 – Streamlining access and reducing application fatigueChapter 3: 09:58 – The missing middle: Bridgi...

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 peopleChapter 2: 06:00 – Building communities with the communityChapter 3: 10:27 – Healthcare, healthy food and hopeChapter 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 CityChapter 2: 06:09 – Evolution of NYC housing legislatureChapter 3: 15:02 – Impact of new rental supply coming to the marketChapter 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 101Chapter 2: 11:18 – Determining emissions at a propertyChapter 3: 21:18 – Gr...