Adam Gant

When Adam Gant began to study the North American housing crisis, he had a novel idea — literally. The result is A House Shared, the popular novel that is also a blueprint for improving access to home ownership in the U.S. and Canada.

Co-authored with Patricia Nicholson, A House Shared is both an engaging story and eloquent manifesto, the only book on property market distortions you’re ever likely to read reclining in a beach chair. Its steely policy prescriptions are wrapped in fictional fun and tied together with a final twist: By the end of the book, you are the main character — the person who is called to act by the story’s powerful message.

Adam Gant’s background in facts is as impressive as his facility with fiction. He is a leading Canadian real estate investor who is widely consulted on topics ranging from residential real estate to retail, office, industrial, hospitality, land development and senior care.

He is also an advisor to various real estate groups, including Vancouver-based REAfe Advisory, which specializes in helping real estate businesses benefit from new ways to streamline operations, increase revenues and manage acquisition, finance, capital structuring and sourcing funding.

His perspectives on housing access and affordability were shaped not only by his professional background, but also years of research and international travel. He studied what works and what doesn’t in countries and cultures from Eastern Europe to Singapore.

Along the way, his concept of “shared equity” took shape, an idea that is central to A House Shared. It’s a unique housing finance model that he believes can rebalance housing markets and put the dream of home ownership within reach for millions of families.

Adam Gant’s passion for making housing affordable and available extends to his philanthropic work with charities focused on providing shelter to people in need in his home community of Victoria, British Columbia and around the world.