Season 3, Episode 7 - Impact Real Estate with Peter LiFari, Executive Director at Maikers Housing Partners
Description
On this episode of the Impact Real Estate Podcast, we welcome Peter LiFari, Executive Director at Maiker Housing Partners, an owner, operator and developer of high quality multifamily affordable housing in Colorado. We talk with Peter about how an experience in the third grade influenced him to work in affordable housing. We also take an in-depth look at the affordable housing industry -- its needs and how impactful it can be for society, especially during moments of crisis. It's another episode you do not want to miss.
EPISODE NOTES:
02:33 - What is Maiker Housing Partners?
05:39 - The terms of engagement
08:16 - Bread and butter
10:30 - A red M&M
13:43 - Racial inequity
18:40 - A sea change
21:13 - Third grade experience
25:47 - The ethos of the business
27:05 - The Hot Seat presented by KK Reset
Peter is the Executive Director for Maiker Housing Partners, an organization whose mission is to disrupt generational poverty through socially conscious community development in Adams County, Colorado. Outside of his work in Adams County, he serves on the board of Directors at indieDwell, as Regional President of Mountain Plains NAHRO, and as Chairperson for the Adams County COVID-19 Housing Response and Recovery Task Force.
Maiker owns and operates a blended portfolio of 15 LIHTC, Public Housing and Non-Restricted communities throughout Adams County, CO with an annual operating budget of $65M, administers over $16M annually in HCV vouchers, serving 1,600 heads of households in addition to partnering with local stakeholders on numerous grants focused on disrupting generational poverty.
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