Multifamily Podcast

Rental Deserts with Whitney Airgood-Obrycki

Corey Aber and Steve Guggenmos

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In this episode, Corey and Steve are joined again by Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, senior research associate at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. Their conversation covers topics like rental deserts, residual income burdens and what potential impacts COVID-19 policy have had on renters.

  • Chapter 1: 0:00 – Current affordability landscape and rental deserts overview
  • Chapter 2: 8:39 – Residual income burdens
  • Chapter 3: 16:40 – Impacts of COVID-19 policy on renters


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