On this episode of the TBG Real Estate podcast, we continue our "Impact Real Estate" series with Sam Moss, the executive director at Mission Housing Development Corporation -- a nonprofit building affordable housing in San Francisco. Sam takes us from the baseball diamond to clerking at a law office to the executive chair at MHDC. He also shares the challenges (and triumphs) of building affordable housing in one of the nation's most difficult markets.

Episode Notes:

01:32 - What is Mission Housing Development Corporation?

03:00 - A tall order

04:30 - A community-based mission

06:40 - Making it work

10:45 - As-of-right

12:57 - A lesson in redlining

16:44 - The Balboa Reservoir

23:01 - What does an executive director do?

27:00 - 360 degree approach to management

30:31 - Sam's background

39:00 - An affordable housing PSA

44:25 - Covid and the next couple of years

51:12 - The Hot Seat presented by KK Reset

Before joining Mission Housing, Sam managed real estate assets for union pension funds and various union locals throughout Northern California. He started with Mission Housing in 2011 as an Asset Manager, then Director of Asset Management and became Executive Director in 2013.

As the executive director, Sam oversees the administration of all Mission Housing assets, programs and services. He's currently overseeing the construction of more than 1,000 affordable housing units in San Francisco.