This is a complicated issue - connected deeply to property rights. In fact, the regulations limit how much new affordable housing can be produced as it can reduce the rent costs which then diminishes the property values of existing owners. For states like CA - it is central to addressing major issues within every community.

For AZ - where I live - it is often the case that older B properties can be turned into "Affordable / Section 8" housing and creates unintended consequences for entire neighborhoods.

While many people think innovation is everything....the truth is that regulation can be the mother of invention.....

However - without addressing affordability. I am most interested in RealEstate Tech and think there are several opportunities (surrounding IOT, security, energy, water that have yet to be addressed. Also - looking at the problems created during COVID over - evictions....and finding new solutions for paying leases / rents when unexpected events occur.

Would love to address this in some way but we’ve still not come up with a specific solution that’s a fit for our studio process.