Introducing:
Valuing Homes in Black Communities

Fostering a generation of innovations to address the devaluation of homes in Black-majority neighborhoods

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Meet: PROJECT H2O

Making home ownership more sustainable, equitable and affordable.

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Economic Architecture SEEKS to
(re)design the market TO SERVE the public good

Structural Innovation

Foster

To address problems of historic proportions, we collaborate with partners to foster new generations of structural innovations.

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Structural Innovation

Design

The Design Studio seeks to design, develop, and launch structural innovations with the potential to make a significant impact.

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Structural Innovation

Understand

The Economic Architecture Center seeks to advance our understanding of how, when, and where structural innovations can and should be used to (re)design the market for the public good.

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Articles

Upzoning without displacement through multi-family housing cooperatives

Tamara Knox and Josh Morrison are the innovators behind Frolic, a cooperative ownership model designed to take advantage of upzoning policies in Seattle while helping anchor current residents and ensure…
Oct 3, 2024

Unlocking homeownership with shared equity and down payment assistance

Four years ago, Gary Community Ventures, a Denver-based ​philanthropic organization, committed​ to a transformative model to address both barriers to homeownership and wealth disparities across Colorado.  In the wake of…
Oct 1, 2024

Homes in Black-majority neighborhoods are chronically devalued. 

It’s a kind of Catch-22, compounding structural problems many Black buyers face in the housing market: instead of making those homes affordable and obtainable, low valuation only serves to make…
Feb 2, 2022
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