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└ Housing Choice Design Competitions
└ Housing Choice Design Competitions
This project will promote accessory dwelling units as an affordable, accessible housing option through a design competition. Teams from local architecture firms, as well as participants from high school and college architecture programs, will present their ADU designs.
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Miami-Dade County, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: In an effort to encourage construction of accessory dwelling units for infill housing, this project will launch an ADU design competition. The contest will recognize designs that emphasize sustainability, affordability and accessibility with a focus on providing homes for people aged 50.
Louisville, KY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: This project will host a design competition to select and purchase at least three pre-approved plans for accessory dwelling units, which will then be available to the public free of charge.
Anchorage, AK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Housing Choice Design Competitions
Description: This project will hold a design competition where teams will test recent local zoning reform efforts. Each team will create feasible designs for missing middle housing, including accessible units for people age 50 and older. The competition will also communicate the benefits of multi-generational housing.
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