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Can tech really fix the housing crisis?

Amy Scott and Bennett Purser Feb 15, 2019
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Can tech really fix the housing crisis?

Amy Scott and Bennett Purser Feb 15, 2019
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Billions of dollars have been poured into property technology, the housing sector of the tech industry. Certain ideas are inspiring, but are solutions to affordable housing really going to come from the tech sector? Emily Badger wrote about this for the New York Times, and spoke with Marketplace’s Amy Scott about how affordable housing advocates feel about proptech.

Click the audio player above to hear the full interview.

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