Economic Architecture The Podcast

In this week’s conversation, host Stuart Yasgur sits down with Adam Meier, VP of Housing Sustainability at the Housing Partnership Network, to discuss an innovative response to housing accessibility and affordability as climate risks further threaten the existing housing crisis across the United States.

By creating a captive insurance market, Adam Meier and his team are working to make early investments in resilience a cost-saving solution for affordable housing around the country — using the savings generated by those early investments to help pay for the resilience measures themselves. Stuart and Adam discuss how markets can work to connect people with the capacity to invest in resilience to the people who will benefit from its protections, and how the Housing Partnership Network exemplifies the value of collaboration in expanding the knowledge infrastructure for affordable housing providers around the country.

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