2023 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition: Chicago Housing Authority in Chicago, Illinois

Jagruti D. Rekhi
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Jury:
Jenny Carney, Vice President, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP
Tammy Greer, Professor of Political Science, Clark Atlanta University
Bruce L. Levine, Founder and President, 3d Development Group, LLC
Mina Marefat, Principal, Design Research, AIA
Joe Neri, Chief Executive Officer, IFF
Ryan E. Smith, Director, School of Architecture, The University of Arizona
Alternate Juror: Marisa Novara, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Housing

Winning Team: University of Illinois Chicago
Michael Cullen
Emily Etzkorn
Wen Po Hsu
Alexandra Pollock
Bailey Werner

Runner-Up Team: The University of Texas at Austin
Chase Bryan
Jonathan Lee
Natalie Raper
Maria Rubio Figueiredo
Shaw Valier

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent the official positions or policies of the Office of Policy Development and Research, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or the U.S. Government.

The 10th annual U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Innovation in Affordable Housing (IAH) Student Design and Planning Competition challenged multidisciplinary graduate student teams to respond to an existing affordable housing design and planning issue. The IAH Student Design and Planning Competition is open to graduate students in architecture, planning and policy, finance, and other disciplines. The competition challenges students to address the social, economic, and environmental issues relating to a specific housing development problem identified by a partnering public housing agency (PHA).