Commercial Real Estate Podcast

Commercial Real Estate Podcast


Filling the Equity Gap: Nonprofits and the Rental Protection Fund with Katie Maslechko

May 30, 2024

In this episode of the Commercial Real Estate Podcast, hosts Aaron and Adam interview Katie Maslechko, the CEO of the Rental Protection Fund. 


Topics covered include:



  • Introduction to the Rental Protection Fund and its goals
  • Funding and support for nonprofits and co-ops
  • Early success and partnerships
  • Potential federal government support
  • Challenges with existing federal programs and the need for tailored solutions
  • Benefits of engaging with a fund as a broker or vendor

More about our guest…


Katie is an award-winning real estate professional with a decade of senior leadership experience. She has an impressive track record of building strategic partnerships across the private development, non-profit, and government sectors to deliver innovative, community-building projects. As Director of Development for Vancouver-based real estate developer Beedie, she was at the helm of groundbreaking projects, including a unique public-private-philanthropic partnership to deliver affordable housing and childcare in the City of Burnaby. 


Katie also chairs the Urban Land Institute’s Public-Private Partnership Product Council, comprised of leaders in city-building from across North America in public, private, and quasi-public roles, who gather regularly to discuss innovative partnerships and best practices to spur equitable development and social impact in cities and communities. She previously served as a non-profit board director and on the Urban Development Institute’s Women of UDI Committee.


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