
EP#1 Bob Simpson | The Case For Middle-Income Housing
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Rental housing economist Jay Parsons discusses the case for middle-income housing investments, covers recent headlines on apartments and single-family rentals, and offers up rental housing trivia and Q&A. He's joined later by Bob Simpson, head of the Multifamily Impact Council, to dive into the investment and policy case for affordable and attainable housing ... as well as a creative potential solution to boost construction.
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- 0:00 - Introduction
- 2:12 - Can investors afford to ignore affordability?
- 7:44 - TX Missing middle
- 10:29 - Rental housing trivia
- 11:03 - In the news
- 20:00 - Good question
- 21:28 - Complaints department
- 24:50 - Rental housing trivia
- 25:39 - Bob Simpson introduction
- 26:05 - The passion for “impact” in multifamily housing
- 27:57 - Defining affordability
- 20:38 - Solution to affordability
- 36:50 - Missing middle solution
- 39:08 - Impact on investors
- 42:50 - Construction lending
- 49:45 - Bob’s closing statements
- 51:56 - Outro
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