Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County (2023) Print

star-24px 2023 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

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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Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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