Kiel Lopez-Schmidt, Executive Director of the South Tower Community Land Trust

August 07, 2023 01:07:04
Kiel Lopez-Schmidt, Executive Director of the South Tower Community Land Trust
Fresno's Best
Kiel Lopez-Schmidt, Executive Director of the South Tower Community Land Trust

Aug 07 2023 | 01:07:04

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Show Notes

Today we have Kiel Lopez-Schmidt on the show. Kiel is a trained architect and the Executive Director of the South Tower Community Land Trust. In this conversation, we discuss affordable housing, planning commissions, AirBnB’s effect on the housing stock, homelessness as a housing problem, historical preservation, and more.

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