The 2024 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition

Alaina Stern
Jagruti Rekhi
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Policy Development and Research

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The Jury:
Ivan Rupnik, PhD, (Head Juror) Founding Partner, MOD X; Associate Professor of Architecture, Northeastern University
Mona Hodge, Associate Principal, Smith Gee Studio, AIA, LEED AP, NOMA
Connor Jansen, Technical Services Director, Slipstream Group, Inc.
Anne Neujahr Morrison, Owner and Founder, New Year Investment
Heather Stouder, Planning Director, City of Madison, WI
Tyler Pullen (Alternate Juror), Senior Technical Advisor and Researcher, Terner Labs and Terner Center, University of California, Berkeley

Winning Team: Harvard University
Emily Hsee
Erik Larson
Aaron Smithson
Maggie Weese

Runner-Up Team: University of California, Berkeley
Zhenyang Terence Chan
Jonathan Coles
Hailey Gil
Sophia O’Neil-Roberts
Phuong Nyny Vu

This year marks the 11th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Innovation in Affordable Housing (IAH) Student Design and Planning Competition. Each year, this competition invites graduate students enrolled in accredited U.S. educational institutions to respond to an existing affordable housing design and planning issue. The multidisciplinary teams—composed of graduate students studying architecture, planning and policy, finance, and other areas—must address social, economic, environmental, design, financial, and construction issues in addition to the affordable housing design challenge.