Jack Kemp Models of Excellence Awards
ULI's
Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Award recognizes and honors developers demonstrating leadership and creativity in providing expanded housing opportunities for America's working families. The awards recognize exemplary developments that meet workforce housing needs in high-cost communities. Developments are selected based on the following criteria:
- Affordability
- Proximity to centers of employment and transportation hubs
- Quality of the design and site planning
- Involvement of public and private partnerships
- Use of regulatory reform to reduce costs
- Energy efficiency
- Sustainable green construction and land development
- Innovative building technologies and systems
- Replicability of the development
Apply now for the 2011 ULI Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Awards!Robert C. Larson Workforce Housing Public Policy Awards
The ULI Terwilliger Center announces a new workforce awards competition–
The Robert C. Larson Awards–to recognize exemplary state and local programs policies and practices that support the production, rehabilitation or preservation of workforce housing. This new awards program complements the highly successful
ULI Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Awards program that currently recognizes excellence in the actual development of workforce housing projects.
- Impact on the supply of workforce housing
- Comprehensiveness of the tools and programs employed by the state and/or locality
- Use of innovative strategies and tools by the state or locality
- Involvement of public/private partnerships
- Ability to leverage private and nonprofit funds
- Quality of the housing resulting from these efforts
- Extent to which the workforce is located near major centers of employment and/or transportation hubs.
- Extent to which the efforts of the jurisdiction are worthy of replication
Learn more about the
2011 ULI Robert C. Larson Workforce Housing Public Policy Awards!
Terwilliger Center Resources
The Terwilliger Center's mission is to act as a catalyst in increasing the availability of the workforce housing by harnessing the private sector. Please follow the links below to learn more about the Center's commitment to helping America's families find affordable housing near employment centers and acknowledging those who provide workforce housing to their communities.