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The Essential Housing Campaign Essentialhousinglogo Housing Innovation Collaborative

A global catalogue of policy, finance, and design-build solutions to build housing better, faster, and more affordably for everyone.

Mission

The Essential Housing Campaign is a global knowledge sharing campaign to build more affordable housing for everyone ‘in the middle’ – those who do not qualify for public subsidy, but still cannot afford to live where they work.

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Live Tracking Begins January 1, 2022

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  • APROP Barcelona Temporary Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • APROP Barcelona Temporary Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • APROP Barcelona Temporary Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • APROP Barcelona Temporary Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative

APROP Barcelona Temporary Housing

Built
42 units
$147k / unit
Shipping Containers
Built Cost
Barcelona, Spain
  • 7th & Witmer (PSH Project) 01 Relativity Architects 7thwitmer Nico Marques Ca 01 Scaled Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 7th & Witmer (PSH Project) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 7th & Witmer (PSH Project) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 7th & Witmer (PSH Project) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 7th & Witmer (PSH Project) Housing Innovation Collaborative

7th & Witmer (PSH Project)

Built
76 units
$394k / unit
Site Built
Built Cost
Los Angeles, CA
  • Wheeler District, Oklahoma City 420ec9eff1300b31f24ff13164c8cb2d Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Wheeler District, Oklahoma City 566 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Wheeler District, Oklahoma City Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Wheeler District, Oklahoma City Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Wheeler District, Oklahoma City Housing Innovation Collaborative

Wheeler District, Oklahoma City

Built
100 units
$210k / unit
Site Built
Built Cost
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Locus Townhomes Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Locus Townhomes Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Locus Townhomes Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Locus Townhomes Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Locus Townhomes Housing Innovation Collaborative

Locus Townhomes

Entitled
36 units
$200k* / unit
Site Built
General Contractor Estimate
Los Angeles, CA
  • Parmelee Compton Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Parmelee Compton Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Parmelee Compton Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Parmelee Compton Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Parmelee Compton Housing Innovation Collaborative

Parmelee Compton

Proposed / Entitled
78 units
$250k / unit
Site Built
Prefabricated Panels
Architect Estimate
Los Angeles, CA
  • Grand Forks by NRB Modular Gf 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Grand Forks by NRB Modular Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Grand Forks by NRB Modular Housing Innovation Collaborative

Grand Forks by NRB Modular

Built
52 units
$288k / unit
Volumetric Modular
Built Cost
Grand Forks, B.C., Canada
  • Tilly Row Homes Tilley Row Homes Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Tilly Row Homes 3917 Threadgill St Large 033 Rear Exterior 020 Copy 1499x1000 72dpi 1170x658 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative

Tilly Row Homes

Built
4 units
$195k* / unit
Volumetric Modular
Built Cost
Austin, TX
  • Hope on Alvarado Hope Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Hope on Alvarado Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Hope on Alvarado Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Hope on Alvarado Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Hope on Alvarado Housing Innovation Collaborative

Hope on Alvarado

Under Construction
84 units
$300k* / unit
Shipping Containers
General Contractor Estimate
Los Angeles, CA
  • Hollywood 45 by KC Homes Hollywood 45 Kc Homes Portland Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Hollywood 45 by KC Homes Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Hollywood 45 by KC Homes Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Hollywood 45 by KC Homes Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Hollywood 45 by KC Homes Housing Innovation Collaborative

Hollywood 45 by KC Homes

Built
6 units
$295k* / unit
Volumetric Modular
Built Cost
Portland, OR
  • Cutwork Cohab Paris Cutwork Cohab Paris Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Cutwork Cohab Paris Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Cutwork Cohab Paris Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Cutwork Cohab Paris Housing Innovation Collaborative

Cutwork Cohab Paris

Proposed
30 units
$240k* / unit
Volumetric Modular
Architect Estimate
Paris, France
  • Noie by YUUA Noie 8 001 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Noie by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Noie by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Noie by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative

Noie by YUUA

Built
11 units
$205k / unit
Site Built
Built Cost
Tokyo, Japan
  • Coniwa by YUUA Coniwa. 2 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Coniwa by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Coniwa by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Coniwa by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Coniwa by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative

Coniwa by YUUA

Built
11 units
$209k / unit
Site Built
Built Cost
Tokyo, Japan
  • 11-Story Tower by Broad Building Systems Cv 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 11-Story Tower by Broad Building Systems Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 11-Story Tower by Broad Building Systems Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 11-Story Tower by Broad Building Systems Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 11-Story Tower by Broad Building Systems Housing Innovation Collaborative

11-Story Tower by Broad Building Systems

Proposed
22 units
$134k / unit
Volumetric Modular
Manufacturer Quote
Hunan, China
  • Mehr Als Wohnen Unnamed Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • House A (Mehr Als Wohnen) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • House A (Mehr Als Wohnen) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • House A (Mehr Als Wohnen) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Social Housing’s Saved Costs & Shared Amenities in Zurich (Mehr Als Wohnen) Mehr Housing Innovation Collaborative

House A (Mehr Als Wohnen)

Built
70 units
$300k / unit
Site Built
General Contractor Estimate
Zurich, Switzerland
  • The Commons Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Commons Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Commons Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Commons Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Commons Housing Innovation Collaborative

The Commons

Built
24 units
$228k / unit
Site Built
Built Cost
Melbourne, Australia
  • Project Florence by SoLA Impact Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Project Florence by SoLA Impact Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Project Florence by SoLA Impact Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Project Florence by SoLA Impact Housing Innovation Collaborative

Project Florence by SoLA Impact

Proposed
28 units
$250k* / unit
Volumetric Modular
General Contractor Estimate
Los Angeles, CA
  • Atomic Orchard Experiment Beatbox Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Beatbox Map 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Beatbox 20160511 Container Boliger Vejle Beska25cc258aret Housing Innovation Collaborative

Beatbox

Proposed
29 units
$200k* / unit
Shipping Containers
Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Atomic Orchard Experiment Cul De Sac Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Culdesac Tempe Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Culdesac Tempe Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Culdesac Tempe Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Culdesac Tempe Housing Innovation Collaborative

Culdesac Tempe

Entitled
636 units
$225k* / unit
Site Built
Architect Estimate
Berkeley, CA
  • Atomic Orchard Experiment Blue Jay Nest Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Blue Jay Nest by Brooks Scarpa Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Blue Jay Nest by Brooks Scarpa Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Blue Jay Nest by Brooks Scarpa Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Blue Jay Nest by Brooks Scarpa Housing Innovation Collaborative

Blue Jay Nest by Brooks Scarpa

Proposed
25 units
$222k* / unit
Flatpack
Manufacturer Quote
Los Angeles. CA
  • Las Anacuas Social Housing Anacaunas Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Las Anacuas Social Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Las Anacuas Social Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Las Anacuas Social Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Las Anacuas Social Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative

Las Anacuas Social Housing

Built
31 units units
$30k* / unit
Site Built
Ballpark Guess
Santiago, Chile
  • Atomic Orchard Experiment Giant Radco Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Giant x Rad Labs Stac Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Giant x Rad Labs Stac Housing Innovation Collaborative

Giant x Rad Labs Stac

Entitled
15 units
$235k* / unit
Shipping Containers
Manufacturer Quote
Toronto, Canada
  • La Borda Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • La Borda Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • La Borda Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • La Borda Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • La Borda Housing Innovation Collaborative

La Borda

Built
28 units
$106k / unit
Site Built
Built Cost
Barcelona, Spain
  • The Great Scott Trio Main View Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Great Scott Trio Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Great Scott Trio Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Great Scott Trio Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Great Scott Trio Housing Innovation Collaborative

The Great Scott Trio

Under Construction
38 units
$208k / unit
Site Built
General Contractor Estimate
Portland, OR
  • Tungo Place 1 5 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Tungo Place 1 4 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Tungo Place 6 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Tungo Place 2 5 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Tungo Place 4 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative

Tungo Place

Proposed
900 units
$61k / unit
Site Built
General Contractor Estimate
Nairobi, Kenya
  • Atomic Orchard Experiment 19 06 17 Atomic North Sandy View Scaled Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Atomic Orchard Experiment Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Atomic Orchard Experiment Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Atomic Orchard Experiment Housing Innovation Collaborative

Atomic Orchard Experiment

Under Construction
86 units
$116k / unit
Site Built
General Contractor Estimate
Portland, OR
  • 1.8 Meter House by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 1.8 Meter House by YUUA 001 Okanotei Housing Innovation Collaborative
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  • 1.8 Meter House by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 1.8 Meter House by YUUA Housing Innovation Collaborative

1.8 Meter House by YUUA

Built
1 units
$287k / unit
Volumetric Modular
Built Cost
Tokyo, Japan
  • Nightingale 1 Breathe Ngcmns 294 Edit Web Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Nightingale 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Nightingale 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Nightingale 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Nightingale 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative

Nightingale 1

Built
20 units
$232k / unit
Site Built
Built Cost
Melbourne, Australia

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