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Can tech really fix the housing crisis?

Start-ups want to make housing more affordable, but the crisis may too broad for them to solve

Can tech really fix the housing crisis?
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Billions of dollars have been poured into property technology, the housing sector of the tech industry. Certain ideas are inspiring, but are solutions to affordable housing really going to come from the tech sector? Emily Badger wrote about this for the New York Times, and spoke with Marketplace’s Amy Scott about how affordable housing advocates feel about proptech.

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