{"podcast":{"title":"The Real Estate Espresso Podcast","slug":"the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176","podcast_index_feed_id":401176,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1fa61fc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.victorjm.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/231863/231863-1527220771901-bd3ce39f16d17.jpg","author":"Victor Menasce","episode_count":3103,"summary":"Welcome to The Real Estate Espresso Podcast, your morning shot of what's new in the world of real estate investing. Join investor, syndicator, developer, and author Victor J. Menasce as he shares his daily real estate investment outlook. Our weekday episodes deliver 5 minutes of high-energy, high-impact content to fuel your success. Plus, don't miss our weekend editions featuring exclusive interviews with renowned guests such as Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Helms, Peter Schiff, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T14:21:02.597648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176"},"episode":{"title":"Government Buys Thousands Of Condos","slug":"government-buys-thousands-of-condos","published_at":"2026-06-22T21:52:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176/government-buys-thousands-of-condos","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victorjm/episodes/Government-Buys-Thousands-Of-Condos-e3l55oe","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1fa61fc/podcast/play/121853134/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-22%2F1f55c2ba-158d-ae1d-574e-5148a9619ac9.mp3","summary":"Today we’re looking at a very interesting policy announcement out of British Columbia. The federal government, working with the province, has announced a plan to purchase more than 2,000 unsold condo units from developers in the Vancouver market and convert them into affordable housing. The reported scale is roughly 2,200 units, with a broader financing package in the billions of dollars. This follows a similar Ontario announcement, where 2,200 condo units are to be converted into rental apartments, including 550 affordable rental homes. At first glance, this looks elegant. Developers have newly built inventory that is not selling. At the same time, households are struggling to find housing they can afford. So why not match the two problems and turn them into one solution? ------------- **Real Estate Espresso Podcast:** Spotify: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast]( https://open.spotify.com/show/3GvtwRmTq4r3es8cbw8jW0?si=c75ea506a6694ef1 ) iTunes: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast]( https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast/id1340482613 ) Website: [ www.victorjm.com ]( http://www.victorjm.com ) LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce]( http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce ) YouTube: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast]( http://www.youtube.com/@victorjmenasce6734 ) Facebook: [ www.facebook.com/realestateespresso](http://www.facebook.com/realestateespresso) Email: [ podcast@victorjm.com ](mailto: podcast@victorjm.com ) **Y Street Capital:** Website: [ www.ystreetcapital.com ]( http://www.ystreetcapital.com ) Facebook: [ www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital](https://www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital) Instagram: [@ystreetcapital]( http://www.instagram.com/ystreetcapital )","meta_description":"Today we’re looking at a very interesting policy announcement out of British Columbia. The federal government, working with the province, has announced a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":320,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176/episodes/government-buys-thousands-of-condos/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176/government-buys-thousands-of-condos.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}