Housing Americas Workforce Case Studies And Lessons From The Experts

"This book showcases some of the best examples of workforce housing from around the United States, selected from winners and finalists in ULI's Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence award program from the past several years. The award recognizes developers for their leadership and creativity in providing expanded housing opportunities for America's working families in high-cost locations. Each of the 18 projects featured in this book represents innovative solutions that can be replicated in communities across the country to address problems of housing affordability. They show ways to get workforce housing built through creative approaches to land use, financing, partnerships, and forward-thinking design. The projects were evaluated according to the following criteria: affordability; proximity to centers of employment and transportation hubs; quality of design and site planning; involvement of public and private partnerships; use of regulatory reform to reduce costs; energy efficiency; sustainable green construction and land development; innovative building technologies and systems; replicability of the development. Each development in this book is described with a project overview, a case study illustrated with plans and photographs, and an interview with the developer. The interviews offer first-hand insights and lessons learned on the challenges of developing workforce housing and the nuanced solutions implemented by the project developers and their partners from the business community, nonprofit world, and public sector."--Page 4 of cover.