BoulderMOD
Boulder, CO
BoulderMOD is a public-sector partnership that operates a modular housing factory on school-owned land to both produce affordable housing and train students through a workforce development program.
Build Reuse
Pittsburgh, PA
Build Reuse is a national association that advances deconstruction by converting construction waste into community resources through technical standards, workforce training, and policy reform.
Canibuild
Bakersfield, CA
Canibuild reduces the time and cost of delivering housing by automating early feasibility and zoning compliance checks—preventing costly redesigns and permit delays before they start. By improving clarity, consistency, and speed across planning and permitting, it helps communities bring housing to market faster and more efficiently.
Coalfield Development: Revitalize Appalachia
Huntington, WV
Coalfield Development is a West Virginia–based nonprofit organization that delivers community-based revitalization projects, while employing and training local people facing barriers to employment through paid, on-the-job experience.
Okibo
Englewood, NJ
Okibo is a construction robotics company that develops and deploys mobile robots for wall painting and drywall finishing, using real-time 3D scanning technology and autonomous path and work-planning algorithms.
SoLa Impact: Model/Z
Los Angeles, CA
Model/Z is a volumetric modular manufacturer based in Watts, Los Angeles, leveraging AI-driven development and highly standardized building systems to deliver scalable, precision-built affordable housing in partnership with forward-thinking developers.
TradesFutures
Washington DC
TradesFutures is a national workforce intermediary that enables the country’s largest network of construction pre-apprenticeship programs. Our programs utilize the award-winning Multi-Craft Curriculum (MC3), operate in close partnership with labor and industry, and prepare over 7,000 participants for construction apprenticeships and lifelong careers.
Type Five
Berkeley, CA
Type Five is a software-enabled home builder that automates the design and construction process to deliver exceptional homes for families at scale.
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2026 Ivory Prize Finalists
This year's finalists exemplify some of the most exciting innovations shaping the U.S. housing landscape.
Policy & Regulatory Reform
City of Boston Mayor's Office of Housing: Boston Acquisition Fund
Boston, MA
Boston Acquisition Fund is a public-private revolving loan fund that provides rapid, low-cost acquisition financing to help mission-driven developers preserve naturally occurring affordable housing and prevent displacement.
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta operates a dual-capital housing fund model that blends philanthropic and low-cost investment capital to finance the preservation and production of long-term affordable housing across metro Atlanta.
Head Start on Housing
Hartford, CT
Head Start on Housing (HSOH) is a first-in-the-nation statewide Connecticut program that provides permanent housing to families with young children by connecting Head Start and Early Head Start participants to long-term rental vouchers and housing navigation support. By stabilizing housing for the whole family—including school-age children who may be McKinney-Vento students—HSOH addresses a fundamental need that directly impacts quality of life.
Illinois Housing Development Authority: Access Plus
Chicago, IL
The Illinois Housing Development Authority is addressing the structural and financial barriers that have historically excluded low-income families from homeownership through the Access Plus Financing Initiative which expands small-dollar mortgage access by offsetting lender origination costs with a flat per-loan payment.
MassHousing: BILD Program
Boston, MA
MassHousing operates the BILD program, which unlocks stalled mixed-income rental developments by pairing public revolving equity with long-term private debt.
Nestment
San Francisco, CA
Nestment is the homebuying platform powered by human coaches, proprietary AI tools, and a trusted network of lenders and agents. Giving first-time buyers the clarity, confidence, and plan to make homeownership happen.
Oro
Los Angeles, CA
Oro makes it easy for employers to offer homeownership and housing wellness as employee benefits to boost recruitment, engagement, retention and employee financial well-being. Leveraging tech-enabled tools, innovative financial programs and expert one-on-one assistance, Oro's solutions turn housing from a burden to a benefit.
Safehold
New York, NY
Safehold is a publicly traded REIT that provides long-term, low-cost ground leases as a tool to reduce development costs, bridge capital structure gaps and move affordable and mixed-income housing projects forward.
Atlanta Urban Development Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Urban Development Corporation (AUD) is a nonprofit subsidiary of Atlanta Housing that uses public or private land and local financing tools to create permanently affordable, mixed-income housing. Its distinctive approach combines Private Enterprise Agreements, which offer property tax incentives in exchange for long-term affordability, with joint venture and ground lease structures that keep projects under public control and affordable for at least 25 years.
City of Chattanooga: Affordable Housing PILOT
Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga Affordable Housing PILOT is a per-unit tax abatement program that incentivizes mixed-income affordable housing production without direct public subsidy.
City of New Rochelle: Downtown Development
New Rochelle, NY
New Rochelle housing reforms is a comprehensive zoning, permitting, and public-private development framework that has accelerated mixed-income housing production citywide.
City of Philadelphia and Housing Initiative at Penn: PHL Housing+
Philadelphia, PA
PHLHousing+ is a groundbreaking, direct-to-tenant cash rental assistance program in Philadelphia that makes rent more affordable for low-income families with children while reducing administrative barriers. Early results from a randomized controlled trial show significant reductions in homelessness and housing instability, and the program has influenced local and national policies expanding direct rental assistance models.
City of Philadelphia: Eviction Diversion Program
Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia Eviction Diversion Program is a mandatory pre-court program that offers mediation, rental assistance, and other resources to assist landlords and tenants in resolving issues that could otherwise lead to eviction.
Montana Land Use Planning Act
Helena, MT
Montana Land Use Planning Act is a statewide land-use reform that combines pro-housing policy changes with implementation support, enacted through a bipartisan legislative process.
State of Colorado: Innovative Housing Incentive Program
Denver, CO
The Innovative Housing Incentive Program (IHIP) is a state funded program that is helping to reduce Colorado's housing shortage and increase jobs through incentive grants and loans to support and grow innovative off-site residential construction manufacturing.
State of New York Division of Homes and Community Renewal: MOVE-IN NY
Albany, NY
MOVE-IN NY makes affordable homeownership a reality across New York by offering innovative "CrossMod” starter homes that blend the cost-effectiveness of manufactured housing with the desirable features and financing of site-built homes, all purchased in bulk by municipalities for faster, cheaper delivery to future homeowners.
The Other Side Village
Salt Lake City, UT
The Other Side Village is a cottage-cluster supportive housing community that enables exits from chronic homelessness through on-site services and public-private partnerships in Salt Lake City.