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Innovators in housing construction and delivery face unique hurdles on the path to growth, including a complex regulatory landscape and financing challenges. But the worsening housing crisis and intensifying climate impacts make new approaches more important than ever. We created the Builders Lab to support visionary leaders in architecture, engineering, construction and hardware as they work to advance their innovations and change the housing landscape for the better. Today, we're thrilled to announce the selection of our first Builders Lab cohort, made up of six companies from across the United States: B.Public Prefab , Cloud Apartments, Cycle Retrotech, Hydronic Shell Technologies, MODSpdx, and Villa. They bring a diverse array of approaches, including panelized and volumetric manufacturing and strategies to scale deep energy retrofits, workforce development, and demand aggregation. We're grateful for support from strategic partners Eden Housing, Inc., Hilti Group, SCB, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), and Suffolk Construction, and funding from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and JPMorganChase. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g-YkH4iC #constructiontech #contech #proptech #modular #modularhousing #modularconstruction #industrializedconstruction #architecture #engineering #construction #realestatedevelopment #design #manufacturing #realestate #climatetech #climate #climatechange #sustainability #sustainablebuildings #sustainableconstruction #housing #affordablehousing #housingaffordability #builtenvironment #mmc

Check out this piece from KPBS featuring current Housing Venture Lab cohort member BuildCasa and their work to help put California's SB9 into action:

We're thrilled to be featured in this new report on housing innovation! Collaboration with the Seattle Office of Housing was essential to making Corvidae Co-op a reality, and we're proud to share that story here. Many thanks to the authors of this report and partners Enterprise Community Partners, Wells Fargo Foundation, Ivory Innovations, and Terner Labs, for shining a light on our efforts to create more opportunities for affordable homeownership. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gJJH4Rvp

As the urgency of the United States’ housing crisis grows, elected officials and policy makers are turning to new models for housing access, development, construction, and homeownership to provide pathways to change. We partnered with Ivory Innovations, Enterprise Community Partners and the Wells Fargo Foundation to publish a new white paper, “The Case for Innovation in Housing,” a collection of nine case studies highlighting the work of innovators in affordability, equity, sustainability, construction, and more. Our hope is that the companies and organizations featured here (including six Housing Venture Lab alumni!) will serve as models of success for mayors, city councils and other local leaders working to help more people find affordable homes in thriving communities. https://lnkd.in/gJJH4Rvp

What will housing policy look like under a new presidential administration? On our blog, Housing Venture Lab Director Kara Murray-Badal writes about what housing practitioners and advocates can learn from innovators in the field: 

🚨Today is the Day!🚨 The 2024 Ivory Prize Housing Innovation Summit is being held TODAY! This is your chance to hear directly from entrepreneurs, policymakers, public sector innovators, researchers, and industry leaders on their take on disruptive innovation. The most recent Ivory Prize Top 10 finalists and winners will also share their innovations for the future of housing in areas of construction and design, policy and regulatory reform, and finance. You don’t want to miss the chance to attend! Join us on our LIVESTREAM to attend the event! 📅 Today 🕘 12:30 pm EST 🔗https://lnkd.in/dHnP2ryS

We're hiring graduate student fellows for our Housing Venture Lab and Builders Lab programs! Help us support innovators advancing bold, creative solutions to the housing crisis. Past fellows have included students from UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy and more. Learn more and apply here by November 4:

As our Housing Venture Lab network grows, so does their impact. Check out our latest alumni update to read about how Housing Connector, Frolic Community, PadSplit, Impact Justice, Trust Neighborhoods and more have made strides in housing accessibility, affordability and equity since participating in the Housing Venture Lab:

Terner Labs recently announced the inaugural cohort for its Builders Lab, an accelerator program working to advance innovation in housing construction and delivery. We are proud to have helped select these companies and to continue supporting this exciting new program as a strategic partner.

Terner Labs announced the inaugural cohort for its Builders Lab, an accelerator program working to advance innovation in housing construction and delivery. The program will offer six companies expert coaching, facility tours and access to Terner Labs' extensive network. We are proud to have helped select these companies and to continue supporting this exciting new program. #constructiontechnology #hiltiventure Antonia Elisa Soler Blasco Ben White Tyler Pullen