"Second Look is an innovative, automated underwriting system," says Natasha Pallan, CFO at Center for NYC Neighborhoods. "It can assist banks in reducing the cost and speeding the process of underwriting loans to families in the low- to middle-income bracket."
DreamBuild homes avoids proprietary materials, specialized machinery, and 3D printing, making it highly replicable modular innovation across rural communities nationwide.
“Most people want a home for their kids – a beautiful home they’re proud of,” says Linda Marín, cdcb’s director of homeownership. “If a client is not financially able to get their dream home, we can start smaller and work toward getting to the dream.”
Gulf Coast Housing Partnership’s Health + Housing innovation creates new financing options for health insurers to invest in affordable homes with embedded health services. The approach is being piloted at two flagship developments: H3C in New Orleans, Louisiana, and The Pearl, in Jackson, Mississippi.
Preservation of Affordable Housing’s (POAH’s) innovation draws on new insights into how trauma affects the body and brain to build and support communities where everyone can thrive.
Originally designed for two new housing developments, the modular CLT multifamily prototype ultimately faced market and feasibility challenges. Even without reaching full-scale development, the innovation raises awareness of less extractive and more climate-forward construction practices and the importance of sustainable supply chains.
Impact Justice imagines, builds, and scales innovations that advance safety, justice, and opportunity. Inspired by the sharing economy, the Homecoming Project is designed to change what reentry looks like in the U.S.
The grant period will be for three years, from November 2023 through October 2026.