I Live Here Westchester | Nick Khamsopa: The Real Housing Bottleneck Isn't Land

Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2468485/fa...) Westchester is short roughly 21,000 homes and rental vacancy sits under two percent. The usual explanation is land, money, and demand. This week's guest, developer Nick Khamsopa, makes a different case: the real bottleneck is people, specifically the shortage of developers who can hold a municipality, a pension fund, an environmental attorney, a lender, and an architect together long enough to break ground. Nick started with a hammer, spending five years in a union carpentry apprenticeship before moving up through contracting into financing and community development. Today he runs Hudson Housing Lifestyle in Warwick, building on brownfield sites with union labor and long-term financing designed to keep working families where they already live. We get into the unglamorous, deal-by-deal work of actually assembling a project, and why that, not land, is where Westchester's housing math breaks down. In This Episode  (0:00) The headline housing story, and what it misses  (1:30) Why the bottleneck is developers, not land or money  (4:00) From union carpenter to community developer  (8:00) Brownfields, union labor, and financing that keeps families in place  (15:00) What it actually takes to break ground Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or share this episode with a neighbor. Support the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2468485/su...) I Live Here Westchester is a production of I Live Here Media. We spotlight the voices, visionaries, and stories that make Westchester County more than just a place to live—it’s a place to belong. Have a guest suggestion or want to partner with us? Email: jimjockle@iliveheremedia.com Website: www.iliveheremedia.com (https://www.iliveheremedia.com/) Follow us on Instagram: @iliveheremedia (  / iliveheremedia  ) Subscribe, rate, and share to support local storytelling.