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Two Teams, Two-and-a-Half Days,
One Extraordinary Opportunity to Improve Affordable Housing

The Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute brings together leaders on the frontline of affordable housing design and development for a two-and-a-half day session focused on innovation and best practices in community design.

The Institute explores the role of design through the lens of seven development projects and intensive dialogue between community developers and architects. The goal of the gathering is to improve upon the design practices in the affordable housing arena and raise development leaders' capacity to produce more livable and sustainable housing for low- and moderate-income people living in the United States.
 
Modeled after, and with support of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, seven design innovators will collaborate with seven forward-thinking nonprofit developers to solve "real-time" design challenges facing affordable housing projects at a critical point in the schematic design phase. The Design Resource and Development teams will discuss their successes and challenges in building healthy, viable homes and neighborhoods during two day-long sessions.
 
The developers, selected through an open application process, must have projects that pose substantial design challenges that lend themselves to constructive and creative advice and be leaders that exhibit a strong commitment to design excellence, green building and engagement of community residents. Each developer presents a project in the schematic design phase for feedback, yet ultimately this forum goes beyond a strict focus on these projects.

The Institute encourages each participant to think creatively, share challenges and ultimately, facilitates a cross-pollination of ideas and knowledge between designers and developers.

2011 Sponsors

The Kendeda Fund
Boston Foundation
McKnight Foundation
The Massachusetts Association of CDCs/Mel King Institute/LISC
Boston Private Bank
Winn Companies
Barr Foundation
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
 

2010 Sponsors

McKnight Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
The Kendeda Fund
Federal Home Loan Banks
Minnesota Housing
 

Press

Blog: AHDLI Developer Participant Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly blog post

Read the article about us in Architectural Record

2010 Press Release: Enterprise launches Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute
Creating Solutions, Making an Impact

See how AHDLI brings together world-class designers and community developers to create solutions to impact real affordable housing projects nationwide.
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2011 Institute
      

Learn about the 2011 Institute held at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
© 2012 Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
We are Enterprise. Our family includes Enterprise Community Partners, Inc, a national Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides expertise for affordable housing and sustainable communities. Financing for affordable housing is offered through our tax-exempt subsidiary, Enterprise Community Loan Fund, Inc., and our for-profit subsidiary, Enterprise Community Investment, Inc. Housing development is offered through Enterprise Community Investment's subsidiary, Enterprise Homes, Inc. The content on this website reflects information about all of these entities.