Weekend Interview: Elizabeth Funk On How Interim Housing Can Help Solve Homelessness

This series goes deep with some of the most compelling figures in commercial real estate: the dealmakers, the game-changers, the city-shapers and the larger-than-life personalities who keep CRE interesting. Urban property values across the U.S. eroded after the pandemic, and landlords are just beginning to recoup some of their losses. Homelessness and the proliferation of homeless encampments in downtown areas also soared after the pandemic, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in July directing governments to crack down on the issue. One commercial real estate sector, affordable housing, has been busy trying to alleviate homelessness and potentially enhance downtown property values. Dignity Moves, a nonprofit interim housing...