(47) Approved vs. Buildable: The Gap Breaking Toronto’s Affordable Housing Pipeline - Andrea Adams of St. Clare's & Mark Richardson of HousingNowTO

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The episode discusses the challenges and solutions related to affordable housing in Toronto with guests Andrea Adams and Mark Richardson.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Real Estate Development Insights podcast, Payam welcomes Andrea Adams and Mark Richardson. Andrea is the Executive Director at St. Clair’s, a Toronto-based charitable organization that operates affordable housing. Mark is the Chief Technology Officer at Rich Analytics and the founder of HousingNowTO.com, a project tracking affordable housing efforts in Toronto. They discuss the current state of affordable housing, practical solutions, and the challenges...

People in this episode

Host: Payam Noursalehi

Guests: Andrea Adams, Mark Richardson

Topics covered

• affordable housing
• real estate development
• housing challenges
• Toronto housing
• practical solutions

Keywords

• affordable housing
• Toronto
• real estate
• housing solutions
• St. Clair’s
• HousingNowTO

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St. Clair’s, HousingNowTO.com

Places: Toronto

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