How to Outpace Displacement – Strategies for scaling effective products and models in a hot housing market.

Inflation and increasing housing prices are straining families across the US. Meanwhile, commercial real estate development are also increasing in cost and competitiveness. Developers of affordable housing face an uphill battle in today’s real estate market. The battle for land and acquisitions is usually won by the company with the deepest pockets and fastest acting. Affordable housing projects often require complex capital stacks that can be difficult or impossible without sufficient funds at hand. How then can affordable housing developers win projects? How do cities, banks, and private funds make it possible for affordable housing developers to receive the capital they need and in the time frame required?  What can we learn from other cities and models to reduce the crippling housing burden millions of Americans are facing?