A guide to creating a clear design brief and RFP for design services
Template for soliciting architectural and engineering services
Manuals for incorporating green and healthy practices into operations
Resident survey template to collect post-occupancy health data
An easy-to-use guide to help identify what certifications might be right for your project based on its features and priorities
A step-by-step guide to the dos and don’t of design competitions
A guide to improving all aspects of the pre-development process, from drafting an RFP to selecting your design team.
A step-by-step process to standardize your organization’s design preferences and priorities
Activities and agendas for meaningful community participation in project design
A guide to leveraging arts, culture, and creativity to improve communities and enhance your development.
Commit your projects to be more sustainable, efficient, and healthy using the only green building standard designed for affordable housing.
Learn how developers can build more effective and productive relationships with their design teams and leverage their investment in design services
Learn about opportunities and barriers to using prefabrication to expand the supply of affordable homes and address cost challenges.
Guidelines for senior and non-age restricted properties with ideas for site selection, building design, unit layout, and more
A design development process to prioritize community health needs
19 strategies to prepare buildings against extreme climate events
A guide to key design considerations for early learning centers in housing
A resource hub dedicated to reducing toxic building materials in affordable housing
Design and construction strategies for addressing multifamily housing costs from NWA and JCHS
A guide for resilient housing design in island communities
These 17 case studies are the result of the Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative's multi-year effort to research and share the exciting green building work that tribes are undertaking across the country.
Star Apartments includes clinical and social services to help individuals overcome the numerous mental and physical challenges of homelessness. The building also serves as a central community hub for residents of all of Skid Row Housing Trust’s supportive housing units.
Richardson Apartments provides supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals living in San Francisco. This 120-unit building provides various on-site services to help residents overcome social, medical and employment challenges as they transition to new phases of their life.
In this West Humboldt Park development, green building features help to lower construction and utility costs, and address chronic neighborhood health concerns. In addition, a scattered infill strategy was employed to fill multiple long-vacant lots and bring new life to numerous streets.
Seawall Development Company undertook the redevelopment of a vacant manufacturing building in the heart of a blighted Baltimore neighborhood. The newly formed development company launched the Miller’s Court project with four ambitious goals . . .
Learn about outcomes-based design methodology through 3 case studies.
New York City’s 6 affordable housing design principles with 7 companion case studies.
Case studies of collaborative placemaking projects in and around affordable developments, intended to generate love and forgiveness.
Case studies of 5 organizations’ creative projects to empower residents to become leaders in bolstering social resilience.
