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

How CLT innovators are pioneering structural changes in housing markets

In addition, economic shocks resulting from sudden, unpredictable events like hurricanes or pandemics disproportionately impact Black communities and can also can cause rapid displacement. This is another aspect of a…
May 20, 2022

From devaluation to displacement

Today, homes in majority Black neighborhoods are devalued by an average of 23% (worth on average $48,000 less per home, or $156 billion less collectively) relative to comparable homes in…
May 20, 2022

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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