Freddie Mac Multifamily

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The pandemic has had a profound impact on both single and multifamily housing and we’ve seen large shifts in market fundamentals, property prices and where people are choosing to live. In this episode, Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater is back to talk about macro and microeconomic trends in the housing market and some of the implications for rental housing.

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The events of the past 16 months have drawn focus on racial inequities in the housing market. In this episode, Corey and Steve take an in-depth look at these disparities with Jacob Faber, associate professor at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service. Together, they discuss redlining, intentional segregation and other driving factors that contributed to today’s housing inequalities, as well as the considerations that are being made to address them.

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Freddie Mac Multifamily’s 2021 Midyear Outlook report brings together data and insights into current conditions in the multifamily rental market. Sara Hoffmann, director in the Multifamily Research & Modeling team at Freddie Mac, leads the work on this report. She is back by popular demand and joins Steve and Corey to talk through economic uncertainty this past year, how this has impacted the multifamily debt market, the strong rebound in 2021, and projections for the remainder of 2021 and beyond.

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We’re excited to welcome back Michael Novogradac, managing partner of Novogradac & Company LLP. In 2019, Michael, Corey and Steve took an in-depth look at the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, from inception to today, and the role it has played in the affordable housing market. In this episode, they continue that discussion, but with a focus on recent developments and opportunities for both housing and community development.

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In this episode, Corey and Steve welcome back Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow within the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. Jenny is an expert on urban economics and recently released a report titled “What the US can learn from rental housing markets across the globe.” This report gathers institutional knowledge from real estate scholars who have lived and worked in these areas and gives some great insights into the way six different markets operate around the globe.

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Sidewalk Labs, an urban innovation company, is helping build the future of multifamily developments. In this episode, Corey and Steve are joined by Violet Whitney, Senior Product Manager and Ivory Wang, Computational Designer. Violet and Ivory are two of the masterminds behind Sidewalk Labs new product, Delve – a real estate artificial intelligence tool that uses generative design and machine learning to enhance development projects.

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Third times a charm – we’re thrilled to welcome back Kent Colton to the podcast. Kent is president of the Colton Housing Group and senior research fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard. He is also chairman of the advisory board for the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability. The Ivory Prize winners exemplify innovation and solutions to housing affordability. In this episode, we take an in-depth look at what is going on at a grassroots level, emerging themes from 2020 and recap this year’s Ivory Prize winners.

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No state has an adequate supply of affordable rental housing for the lowest income renters. In this episode, Corey and Steve focus on two topics we've covered a lot recently – the shortage of affordable housing and pandemic impacts – but with the fresh perspective of two lead researchers from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Together they discuss the affordability gap and how recent renter assistance programs are being implemented around the country.

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In the east side of Hollywood lives a community of immigrants who have struggled with social and economic inequalities for over 60 years. In this episode, Corey and Steve talk with Chancee Martorell, the founder and executive director of Los Angeles’ Thai Community Development Center. Chancee oversees a wide range of initiatives, including human rights advocacy, affordable housing, healthcare access, small business promotion, social enterprises and neighborhood empowerment. Together, they discuss the story of Thai Town and some of the challenges and opportunities for LA’s Thai community.

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In this episode, we look at the intersection of several topics in housing today — generational change, housing preference change, lifestyle and livelihood change, as well as racial inequities. To help us pull all of these themes together, we welcome back Chris Herbert, managing director at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in the Department of Urban Planning and Design, and a member of the Freddie Mac board.