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Local Startup Helps Bay Area Teachers Buy Homes
While lack of affordable housing is the number one reason many educators leave the Bay Area, one local startup is hoping to help.
July 23, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — While lack of affordable housing is the number one reason many educators leave the Bay Area, one local startup is hoping to help with that problem.
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Craig Berger is the Assistant Principal at Lafayette Elementary School in San Francisco. When he decided to try to buy a home with his partner last year, he was outbid every single time.
“We had looked at several homes, some of which we were outbid by hundreds of thousands of dollars. So we were close to giving up on San Francisco,” Berger said.
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But then he discovered Landed, a startup that matches down payments for educators.
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