On this week’s Fresnolandia podcast, Jordan and Danielle speak with Jennifer LeSar, ounder and CEO of LeSar Development Consultants, a housing consulting firm based in San Diego, where she and her team advise state and local governments on how to create more resilient communities – and solving our housing crisis.
They talk about Fresno’s unique housing challenges, if deregulation would help, and go into the weeds on housing finance, the cost of capital, and whether Fresno has the right types of developers to build denser and more affordable housing.
Jennifer also shared more about why she’s so inspired by Vienna’s social housing model. She takes delegations of leaders from across California to visit the Austrian capital each year to learn more about the city’s unique approach to keeping housing affordable for people of all incomes.
