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How Silicon Valley Can Fight Wealth Inequality

There has been an article circulating the interwebs recently around California’s devastating poverty rate. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/05/31/number-one-in-poverty-california-isnt-our-most-progressive-state-its-our-most-racist-one/

Many are kept in poverty because affording a home – one of the biggest wealth drivers in our economy – is out of reach. Landed is on a journey to change that. They are making homeownership accessible for the most critical folks in our communities by democratizing access to a niche offering at Stanford.

I hope you learn as much from Alex as I did!

Sydney

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