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Manufactured housing community (MHC) is a niche part of the multifamily market with many nuances. Demetre Booker, principal partner at ELEVATe Commercial, joins the show to explore this asset type with us, from financing to community engagement.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Humble beginnings
Chapter 2: 04:55 – MHC needs and challenges
Chapter 3: 10:50 – A unique business model
Chapter 4: 16:31 – Considerations in purchasing an MHC
Chapter 5: 22:04 – Taking MHCs to the next level

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The multifamily market continues to hold up relatively well considering the 40-year peak of new supply. Mike Donnelly from the Multifamily Research team and author of the 2025 Multifamily Outlook report returns to the show to discuss fundamentals and some surprising discoveries.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Broad economic performance
Chapter 2: 03:58 – Supply and demand
Chapter 3: 09:22 – Rent market analyses
Chapter 4: 15:31 – Cap rates and valuations
Chapter 5: 16:55 – Forecasted origination volume

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2024 was a year of many milestones and new topics explored on the show. Tune into this New Year's Eve special where the cohosts look back on the year and tell us how they ended up in a hot air balloon!

As always, thank you to our listeners across the world. We wish you a Happy New Year!

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Incorporating resilience practices at properties can vary from company to company, but all resilience strategies have one important goal in common: positively impacting people working or living at a property. In this episode, our co-hosts sit down with Hannah Tillmann, vice president of sustainability at Berkshire Residential Investments, to discuss the firm's initiatives through the BerkshireTHRIVE program.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Overview of the BerkshireTHRIVE program
Chapter 2: 09:27 – How to implement resilience features
Chapter 3: 20:17 – Value of greener properties for residents
Chapter 4: 24:51 – Use and challenges with data collection
Chapter 5: 31:29 – Off-site renewables strategy
Chapter 6: 38:30 – Structuring of solar projects
Chapter 7: 41:44 – Opportunities in sustainable finance

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Upzoning gained traction a few years ago in some markets around the country, but what impact has it made? Christina Stacy, principal research associate at the Urban Institute, joined the show to look back on what's been tried, what's happened and the lessons that can be learned.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – History of land use and zoning
Chapter 2: 12:09 – Does density lead to increased affordability?
Chapter 3: 17:57 – Research methodology
Chapter 4: 22:01 – Challenges and ways to continue studying land use reform

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Impact investing is making a difference in communities and the lives of renters — and at IMPACT Community Capital, impact is what drives their business. Michael Lohmeier, CEO at IMPACT Community Capital, shares the unique ways the company is structuring and creating products with an impact and sustainable lens.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Impact investing for good risk-adjusted return
Chapter 2: 07:27 – Considering geography and property types
Chapter 3: 12:30 – The intersection of affordability and resiliency
Chapter 4: 16:36 – Positively impacting tenants
Chapter 5: 19:40 – Liquidity with capital markets

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We're celebrating 100 episodes! The Multifamily Podcast was established in 2019 to bring together industry experts to discuss trends, innovations and the financing behind them. Our cohosts look back on the memorable guests and insightful conversations — and give us a peek into what they do when they're not on the show.

Thank you to our listeners — we look forward to sharing more varied episodes (and 80s movie quotes?) to your feed.

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Preserving naturally occurring affordable housing, also known as NOAH, is an idea that really gained attention in the middle of the last decade and continued to spread from there. Mark Ethridge, managing principal at Ascent Housing — one of our 2024 Impact Sponsors — shares how the firm is leading the way in this space in Charlotte, North Carolina to try to address housing affordability challenges.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Housing affordability in Charlotte
Chapter 2: 07:37 – Innovative financing and lessons learned
Chapter 3: 16:41 – Examples of funded projects
Chapter 4: 22:12 – A wraparound service platform
Chapter 5: 31:45 – Growing the NOAH preservation space

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Community-based care is a big theme in health care today — and Nestidd’s operating model is proving it can have positive impacts for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In this episode, Andrew Parker, CEO and co-founder of Nestidd, shares how the company started supporting this vulnerable population and where we still need to close the gap.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – The founding of Nestidd
Chapter 2: 07:12 – A community-based care model
Chapter 3: 11:07 – Partnering with care agencies
Chapter 4: 16:50 – Challenges and economics
Chapter 5: 19:52 – How do we close the gap?

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Resiliency is catching on — and it’s becoming prevalent in many financial strategies in commercial real estate. To lift the curtain on how these strategies are being employed at a financial institution, we invited Wells Fargo’s Kelly Souza, managing director in the Sustainable Finance & Advisory Group, onto the show.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Types of resilience finance strategies
Chapter 2: 08:10 – Trends in commercial real estate
Chapter 3: 13:34 – Resiliency in action
Chapter 4: 18:35 – Opportunities for efficiency
Chapter 5: 22:21 – Wells Fargo's Top 10 Trends