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A New Competition Tackles Workforce Housing Challenge

Berkadia and NYU Stern pioneered a case competition to find innovative ways to address workforce housing finance. Here’s some behind-the-scenes story on how it happened.

By Dori Nolan, SVP of Institutional Solutions, Berkadia | December 16, 2024 at 04:45 AM

In a market desperate for fresh approaches to affordable housing, one groundbreaking initiative is re-imagining solutions to this pressing challenge.

Together, with the New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business, Berkadia launched the inaugural case competition, bringing together graduate students from top business schools and real estate programs to tackle the complex and often overlooked segment of workforce housing. Far from being just another academic exercise, the competition was designed to be a strategic effort to connect emerging talent with industry leaders.

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