2016 IAH Final Four Jury And Awards Presentation

The Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition (IAH), currently in its third year, is a HUD initiative to encourage research and innovation in affordable housing, to raise practitioner and future practitioner capacity, and to foster cross-cutting teamwork within the design and community development process. The IAH competition has been designed to replicate a real-life approach. Multi-disciplinary teams comprised of graduate students in architecture, planning and policy, finance and other areas have been asked to address social, economic, and environmental issues in planning a new construction or gut rehab of a family housing development managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara.

On April 19, four student finalist teams, representing the University of Maryland, Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Kansas will present their final projects in front of a jury of practitioners and live audience at HUD headquarters in Washington, DC. The jury will deliberate before the winner and runner up are announced at the conclusion of the event.

This is a unique opportunity to hear innovative student ideas in response to a real-world issue. We hope you can join us on April 19.