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Thursday, January 16th 5:30 PM District Hall | Boston, MA Micro-Housing: Who Needs It and Who will Use It? Following a year where micro units were portrayed as both the solution to urban housing affordability for the millennial workforce to the scourge of living in a space smaller than your parents' garage, our panel will separate fact from fiction. Panelist Barry Bluestone will reach beyond trend into the data of demographics and economics, Tamara Roy will visualize the data and share solutions, Quinton Kerns will represent the target consumer's plight, and Sean Cassidy will explain how businesses should convince the city and state to do more to support our workforce. For more information visit: www.ifmaboston.org
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