Our most recent Newsroom 515 event focused on housing. The discussion was also one of the panel events ? albeit the only one in front of an audience ? for our Annual Real Estate Magazine, which will publish in April. The discussion focused largely on affordability and having enough housing to support the workforce in Greater Des Moines. Listen to the first question of the discussion asked by Kathy Bolten, Business Record senior reporter covering real estate and development. 

We asked: What are the main issues facing housing and residential development in 2020?

PANELISTS
Eric Burmeister – Executive director, Polk County Housing Trust Fund
Kris Saddoris – Vice president of multifamily development, Hubbell
Ben Champ – City administrator, city of Pleasant Hill
Amber Lynch – Executive director, Invest DSM (city of Des Moines)
Frank Levy – President, Newbury Living