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America’s housing affordability challenges need innovative solutions now more than ever. In this episode, Corey and Steve welcome Kent Colton and Abby Ivory and discuss this year’s finalists for the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability, a national award that recognizes ambitious, feasible and scalable solutions to housing affordability. Kent is Chair of the Ivory Prize’s Advisory Board and Abby is the Managing Director of Ivory Innovations.

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The America’s Rental Housing Report is published every two years by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. It’s a comprehensive report that summarizes market conditions and provides insights on a full range of issues facing rental housing. In this episode, Corey and Steve are joined by Alex Hermann, Senior Research Analyst at the Joint Center for Housing Studies. Together, they discuss the state of the rental housing market over the past two years and where it has left 44 million rental households across the country.

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Recent research shows that at least 68,000 new affordable units must be constructed on Tribal lands to eliminate overcrowding, replace inadequate units and address the current housing need. In this episode, Steve and Corey are joined by three people who have significant expertise on this subject: Elizabeth Glynn, the CEO of Travois, Alexandria Murnan the Director of Affordable Housing at Travois, and John Galfione, Director and Investment Manager at RBC Community Investments. Together, they discuss the history of housing in Indian Areas and what’s being done to close the affordable housing gap.

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Landlord and Tenant Relations with Shamus Roller by Freddie Mac Multifamily

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In this episode, hosts Corey and Steve welcome back Sara Hoffmann, director in the Freddie Mac Multifamily Research & Modeling team. Together, they discuss the recently released 2022 Multifamily Outlook research report, its key findings, plus changes to macroeconomics and how these all impact the outlook for the multifamily housing market.

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50,000! That’s how many listens we’ve had on the podcast since the series launched in April 2019. This is an amazing milestone and we are humbled and deeply appreciative of all our listeners.In this episode, Steve and Corey take a look back at a few of their favorite episodes from 2021. They also celebrate our listeners across the U.S., around the world, and give a special shout out to some of our most loyal listeners.

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A consistent theme in discussions on closing the affordable housing gap is zoning and land use policy. In this episode, Corey and Steve talk with Leila Banijamali, the CEO of Symbium, a new company that has taken on the challenge of making zoning accessible to the general public through new technologies. Symbium has already put their tools to use in working with the City of San Francisco and the City of San Mateo, and they were recently recognized by both the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability and Facebook’s Housing Innovation Fund.

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In this episode, Corey and Steve take a deep dive into millennials housing patterns with an academic researcher, Hyojung Lee. Hyojung is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech University with an interest in housing demographics and urban economics. Together, they discuss how this data compares to other generations and what we can expect in the future.

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Philanthropy is a key player in addressing some of today’s most important housing related challenges. In this episode, Corey and Steve are joined by Eileen Fitzgerald, Head of Housing Affordability Philanthropy at Wells Fargo, to talk through the fundamental roles of philanthropy in affordable housing and what we can learn from their involvement.

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The Housing Choice Voucher program — often referred to as Section 8 — is at the intersection of housing policy and regulation, and it impacts the lives of numerous individuals and families. In this episode, Steve and Corey are joined by Eva Rosen, Assistant Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and the author of the book The Voucher Promise: Section 8 and the Fate of an American Neighborhood.