Nick Khamsopa: The Real Housing Bottleneck Isn’t Land

Nick Khamsopa talked with Jim about why Westchester’s housing shortage isn’t really about land or money — it’s about people. Khamsopa is a developer who builds affordable housing on brownfield sites with union labor, and he walks through what it actually takes to hold a municipality, a pension fund, a lender, and an architect together long enough to break ground.

Listen to the full conversation.

“I always call it national security. If we don’t create housing that’s affordable for our kids, we’re going to lose the talent. The kids graduating from college are going to jump ship — to the Carolinas, to Florida, to Texas.” — Nick Khamsopa

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