Round 1 of the 2023 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge drew 430 proposals from housing innovators across the United States. We congratulate all our applicants for their bold initiative and celebrate the work you do every day to advance affordable housing solutions.
Below, we are pleased to share our 42 semi-finalists and their respective focus areas – financing, construction, and access and resident support – moving on to Round 2 of the Breakthrough Challenge.
Construction
- ADL Ventures
North Carolina - Akiing: 8th Fire
Minnesota - Connected Communities
Massachusetts - Eden Housing
California - Generate
National - Hydronic Shell Technologies
Ill., Mass., N.J., N.Y., Pa. - INDRAlogic
Maryland - Module Design
Md., Pa., Va., Washington, D.C. - Northcountry Cooperative Foundation
Minnesota, Wisconsin - Rocky Mountain Institute
California - Tough Leaf
National - United Hope Builders
California - Washington University in St. Louis
Missouri
Financing
- Community Investment Corporation
Illinois - Craft3
Oregon, Washington - Elderhomes
Virginia - Frolic Community
California, Washington - Grounded Solutions Network
Fla., Ga., N.C., Texas - Hope Enterprise Corporation
Alabama, Mississippi - La Cienega LOMOD
California - National Housing Trust
Washington, D.C. - Paradox Community Trust
Colorado - Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services
California - ROC USA
National - St. Bernard Project
Florida - The SoLa I CAN Foundation
California - Trust Neighborhoods
Calif., Colo., Kan., Md., Mass., Minn., Mo., N.C., Utah
Access and Resident Support
- Build UP
Alabama - California Community Land Trust Network
California - Common Roots
Pennsylvania - Connective
Texas - Creating Restorative Opportunity Programs Fund
California - Elm City Communities
Connecticut - The Flagstone Initiative
Ala., Calif., Colo., Ill., N.Y. - Front Porch Investments
Nebraska - HomeStart
Massachusetts - The Kelsey
National - Kor Community Land Trust
Oregon - National Zoning Atlas
New York - New York Mortgage Coalition
Conn., N.J., N.Y. - Parity Baltimore
Maryland - Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority
Alaska
