Celebrating Black History Month: An Impact Real Estate Podcast revisit with Yusef Freeman

In honor of Black History Month, the Impact Real Estate Podcast is revisiting interviews with some of our most impactful guests from the African American Community.

On this episode, we speak with affordable housing expert Yusef Freeman, the Managing Director of Acquisitions and Development at Jonathan Rose Companies. We talk about his journey to affordable housing, the importance of it and the most important skill to learn if you plan on thriving in this industry. ⠀

Episode Notes:⠀⠀

02:40 - Jonathan Rose background ⠀

04:58 - Northern California native ⠀

06:54 - What led Yuset to affordable housing?⠀

07:53 - From history to real estate ⠀

10:20 - Fascinating and curiosity ⠀

14:10 - An understandable challenge ⠀

16:07 - How do we make it more attractive to build more affordable housing?⠀

18:25 - The skillset needed ⠀

20:00 - An economic driver ⠀

22:35 - The most important things to learn ⠀

23:48 - West vs East⠀

24:56 - Operating affordable housing ⠀

28:07 - A mission-based organization ⠀

30:20 - Different planets⠀

34:36 - The future of affordable housing⠀

37:21 - The Hot Seat presented by KK Reset ⠀

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Prior to joining the Rose Companies, Yusef was a Vice President of Investments in the transactions group at PGIM Real Estate, sourcing investment opportunities for the real estate private equity funds of the company.