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UrduIvory Innovations concludes its annual 24-hour hackathon-style housing competition by awarding three winning teams representing geographies from across the U.S.
Tag: housing affordability
Ivory Innovations Opens Nominations for the Seventh Annual Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability
The Ivory Prize is an annual competition designed to uplift promising solutions to the persistent housing crisis. Any organization that is actively engaged in the pursuit of this mission, including entrepreneurs, startups, public entities, and nonprofits, is encouraged to submit a nomination.
An overlooked side-effect of the housing crisis may be putting Californians at increased risk from climate disasters
In a new article for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Santa Cruz researchers laid out the foundation for their highly-anticipated upcoming study of how lack of affordable housing in urban areas of California may be driving increased development in and near wildlands, leading to more severe climate change impacts.
Professor Brian Connolly Comments on Survey That Finds Rare Bipartisan Agreement on Housing Issues Among U.S. Voters
April’s Michigan Ross-Financial Times poll finds neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have a clear advantage on housing affordability.
25 innovative solutions to the housing affordability crisis
Each year since 2018, Ivory Innovations has recognized organizations working on solutions to the lack of affordable housing in the United States.
Innovative solutions wanted amidst rapidly rising housing costs
Ivory Innovations is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the 2024 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability
Never-married adults comprise lowest percentage of U.S. homeowners, new BGSU research finds
Roughly 48% of adults who have never been married owned a home in 2021. Divorced adults comprised 59% of homeowners, with widowed individuals at 71%. Married adults contributed to the largest share of ownership at 80%.
Ten innovations to address America’s housing affordability crisis
Ivory Innovations announced the Top 10 finalists for the 2023 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability. The prize awards organizations that demonstrate ambitious, feasible and scalable solutions to the housing affordability crisis. The 2023 Ivory Prize winners will be announced on May 24, 2023, at Pacific Coast Builders Conference in Anaheim, California. There will be $300,000 in prize money distributed between at least three winners selected across the three award categories: Construction and Design, Public Policy and Regulatory Reform, and Finance.
Real estate expert spells out what home buyers should pay attention to in volatile housing market
During the housing boom of 2022, homes were selling for well above list price and buyers had to compete for what little was available, but that boom has gone bust, brought low by high interest rates, or so the headlines…
Three Initiatives Honored for Tackling Nation’s Housing Affordability Crisis
Today, Ivory Innovations announced the three winners of the Fourth Annual Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability for their efforts to tackle the nation’s housing affordability crisis.
Ten Ideas to Tackle America’s Housing Affordability Crisis
Today, Ivory Innovations announced the Top 10 finalists for the 2022 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability, a national award to recognize ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to housing affordability.
More than half of Utah’s households unable to afford median home price, report shows
The State of the State’s Housing Market report, released today by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, shows that more than half of Utah’s households are now unable to afford the median-home priced home in 2021.
Innovative Solutions Wanted Amidst Rapidly Rising Housing Costs
Ivory Innovations has opened nominations for the 4th Annual Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.
Innovative Award-Winning Responses to America’s Housing Crisis Announced
Amidst a raging housing market and rapidly declining affordability, Ivory Innovations announced the 2021 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability winners.
Ten Innovations to Address America’s Housing Affordability Crisis
Today, Ivory Innovations announced the Top 10 finalists
for the 2021 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability, a national award to recognize ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to housing affordability.
Gardner Institute report identifies best practices for meeting housing affordability challenge in Utah
The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute today released a landmark study that identifies five best practices developed by local jurisdictions aimed at meeting the housing affordability challenge in Utah.
The rise of ‘Zoom Towns’ in the rural west
COVID-19 has expedited a trend of migration into western gateway communities—remote workers are fleeing cities to ride out the pandemic. A new study using data from 2018 found that growing populations caused urgent planning pressures, and officials felt unprepared to respond to and prepare for problems associated with rapid growth.
Williamson heads UA Little Rock’s School of Public Affairs
Dr. Anne Williamson, a nationwide expert in housing policy, has been selected as the new director of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her research areas include housing policy, community development, citizen participation, and tax policy.
A government program that reduces mortgage defaults
Lower-income households that received mortgages through state affordable mortgage programs were less likely to default or foreclose than similar households that received conventional financing, a national study found.
Ivory Innovations Recognizes America’s Top Housing Innovators
Ivory Innovations revealed three housing innovators as the winners of the 2020 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.