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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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Ep. 38: HIGH DENSITY PARKING SOLUTIONS FOR HOUSING

– December 28th, 2022 Premiere –

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  • High Density Parking Solutions For Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • High Density Parking Solutions For Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • High Density Parking Solutions For Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • High Density Parking Solutions For Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • High Density Parking Solutions For Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative

High Density Parking Solutions For Housing

Michael O'Bryan
Group VP of Engineering, Park Plus, Inc.
  • Rebuilding Ukraine with Transitional Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Rebuilding Ukraine with Transitional Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Rebuilding Ukraine with Transitional Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Rebuilding Ukraine with Transitional Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Rebuilding Ukraine with Transitional Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative

Rebuilding Ukraine with Transitional Housing

Slava Balbek
Architect, Founder, CEO of balbek bureau
  • Green Bonds and Development REITs in Nairobi, Kenya Cov 2 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Green Bonds and Development REITs in Nairobi, Kenya Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Green Bonds and Development REITs in Nairobi, Kenya Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Green Bonds and Development REITs in Nairobi, Kenya Housing Innovation Collaborative

Green Bonds and Development REITs in Nairobi, Kenya

Raghav Gandhi
Chief Investment Officer, Acorn Holdings Ltd.
  • 3D Printing Homes in India Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 3D Printing Homes in India Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 3D Printing Homes in India Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 3D Printing Homes in India Housing Innovation Collaborative

3D Printing Homes in India

Adithya Jain, Vidyashankar Chandrasekaran, & Parivarthan Reddy
Co-Founders, Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions
  • Modular Housing Using Shipping Containers vs. Steel vs. Wood Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Modular Housing Using Shipping Containers vs. Steel vs. Wood Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Modular Housing Using Shipping Containers vs. Steel vs. Wood Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Modular Housing Using Shipping Containers vs. Steel vs. Wood Housing Innovation Collaborative

Modular Housing Using Shipping Containers vs. Steel vs. Wood

Michael Bohn, Erika Stubstad, Justin Roth
Architect Leads, Studio One Eleven
  • Skid Grow – Reimaging The Skid Row Neighborhood of Los Angeles Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Skid Grow – Reimaging The Skid Row Neighborhood of Los Angeles Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Skid Grow – Reimaging The Skid Row Neighborhood of Los Angeles Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Skid Grow – Reimaging The Skid Row Neighborhood of Los Angeles Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Skid Grow – Reimaging The Skid Row Neighborhood of Los Angeles Housing Innovation Collaborative

Skid Grow – Reimaging The Skid Row Neighborhood of Los Angeles

Adam Sokol
Principal Founder, ASAP Architecture Practice
  • Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts for New Housing in LA County Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts for New Housing in LA County Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts for New Housing in LA County Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts for New Housing in LA County Housing Innovation Collaborative

Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts for New Housing in LA County

Los Angeles County Supervisor
  • Building Housing Over Freeways (Airspace Homes) 3 5 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Building Housing Over Freeways (Airspace Homes) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Building Housing Over Freeways (Airspace Homes) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Building Housing Over Freeways (Airspace Homes) Housing Innovation Collaborative

Building Housing Over Freeways (Airspace Homes)

Charlie Perla
Principal Architect, DMS PERLA
  • Housing Made of Concrete Culverts (Boyle Tower) Jo Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Housing Made of Concrete Culverts (Boyle Tower) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Housing Made of Concrete Culverts (Boyle Tower) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Housing Made of Concrete Culverts (Boyle Tower) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Housing Made of Concrete Culverts (Boyle Tower) Housing Innovation Collaborative

Housing Made of Concrete Culverts (Boyle Tower)

Jose Herrasti
Principal Architect, Mutuo
  • Reinventing Social Housing in Vienna Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Reinventing Social Housing in Vienna Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Reinventing Social Housing in Vienna Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Reinventing Social Housing in Vienna Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Reinventing Social Housing in Vienna Housing Innovation Collaborative

Reinventing Social Housing in Vienna

Kurt Hofstetter
Director of Vienna IBA, Vienna City Planning Department
  • Designing A Walkable, Affordable, For-Sale Subdivision Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Designing A Walkable, Affordable, For-Sale Subdivision Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Designing A Walkable, Affordable, For-Sale Subdivision Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Designing A Walkable, Affordable, For-Sale Subdivision Housing Innovation Collaborative

Designing A Walkable, Affordable, For-Sale Subdivision

Gerhard Mayer, AIA
Principal, GGLO Design
  • The Future of Concrete Construction Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Future of Concrete Construction Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Future of Concrete Construction Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Future of Concrete Construction Housing Innovation Collaborative

The Future of Concrete Construction

Gregg Lewis
EVP, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
  • The Future of Wood Construction Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Future of Wood Construction Housing Innovation Collaborative

The Future of Wood Construction

WoodWorks, Softwood Lumber Board
  • The Benefits and Challenges of Modular Construction Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Benefits and Challenges of Modular Construction Housing Innovation Collaborative

The Benefits and Challenges of Modular Construction

Darren Seary, FRICS
Principal, Optimum Modular Solutions
  • Scaling Up Housing on Public Land Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Scaling Up Housing on Public Land Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Scaling Up Housing on Public Land Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Scaling Up Housing on Public Land Housing Innovation Collaborative

Scaling Up Housing on Public Land

Helmi Hisserich
Fmr. Ass. GM, Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department // Current Senior Principal at LeSar Development Consultants
  • 10 Ways To Build More Infill Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 10 Ways To Build More Infill Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative

10 Ways To Build More Infill Housing

Patrick Kennedy
Founder, Panoramic Interests
  • Railway City: A New Vision for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Railway City: A New Vision for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Railway City: A New Vision for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Railway City: A New Vision for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya Housing Innovation Collaborative

Railway City: A New Vision for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya

Charles M. Hinga
Principal Secretary, Kenya's State Department Housing and Urban Development
  • The Benefits & Challenges of 3D Printing, from Dubai’s Office of the Future Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Benefits & Challenges of 3D Printing, from Dubai’s Office of the Future Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Benefits & Challenges of 3D Printing, from Dubai’s Office of the Future Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Benefits & Challenges of 3D Printing, from Dubai’s Office of the Future Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • The Benefits & Challenges of 3D Printing, from Dubai’s Office of the Future Housing Innovation Collaborative

The Benefits & Challenges of 3D Printing, from Dubai’s Office of the Future

Ben Piper
Partner & Design Principal, Killa Design
  • New Affordable Design Competition in Frankfurt (Housing for All) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • New Affordable Design Competition in Frankfurt (Housing for All) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • New Affordable Design Competition in Frankfurt (Housing for All) Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • New Affordable Design Competition in Frankfurt (Housing for All) Housing Innovation Collaborative

New Affordable Design Competition in Frankfurt (Housing for All)

Peter Cachola Schmal
Museum Director, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM)
  • Visualizing Higher Density in Your Neighborhood, with ArcGIS Urban Twin Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Visualizing Higher Density in Your Neighborhood, with ArcGIS Urban Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Visualizing Higher Density in Your Neighborhood, with ArcGIS Urban Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Visualizing Higher Density in Your Neighborhood, with ArcGIS Urban Housing Innovation Collaborative

Visualizing Higher Density in Your Neighborhood, with ArcGIS Urban

Brooks Patrick + Christine Ma
Urban Planning and Smart City Solutions, ESRI
  • SCAG’s Regional Data Platform: Building Regional Consensus For An Equity Agenda Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • SCAG’s Regional Data Platform: Building Regional Consensus For An Equity Agenda Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • SCAG’s Regional Data Platform: Building Regional Consensus For An Equity Agenda Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • SCAG’s Regional Data Platform: Building Regional Consensus For An Equity Agenda Housing Innovation Collaborative

SCAG’s Regional Data Platform: Building Regional Consensus For An Equity Agenda

Hon. Rex Richardson
Fmr. President of Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) + Long Beach Councilmember
  • Finding A City’s Capacity For New Housing, with HELPR Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Finding A City’s Capacity For New Housing, with HELPR Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Finding A City’s Capacity For New Housing, with HELPR Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Finding A City’s Capacity For New Housing, with HELPR Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Finding A City’s Capacity For New Housing, with HELPR Housing Innovation Collaborative

Finding A City’s Capacity For New Housing, with HELPR

Robin Franke
Urban Planning and Smart City Solutions, ESRI
  • Modular Manufacturing at Scale with CIMC Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Modular Manufacturing at Scale with CIMC Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Modular Manufacturing at Scale with CIMC Housing Innovation Collaborative

Modular Manufacturing at Scale with CIMC

Marco Ma & Vick Liu
CIMC Modular Building Systems
  • Car Elevators & Parking Automation Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Car Elevators & Parking Automation Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Car Elevators & Parking Automation Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Car Elevators & Parking Automation Housing Innovation Collaborative

Car Elevators & Parking Automation

Parkmatic & Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems
  • Streamlining Complex Zoning Code with Complaw Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Streamlining Complex Zoning Code with Complaw Housing Innovation Collaborative

Streamlining Complex Zoning Code with Complaw

Leila Banijamali
CEO, Symbium
  • Black Architecture: Unearthing a Black Aesthetic Cover Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Black Architecture: Unearthing a Black Aesthetic Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Black Architecture: Unearthing a Black Aesthetic Housing Innovation Collaborative

Black Architecture: Unearthing a Black Aesthetic

Demar Matthews
Founder, OffTop Design
  • Vertical Integration of the Building System with Blokable Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Vertical Integration of the Building System with Blokable Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Vertical Integration of the Building System with Blokable Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Vertical Integration of the Building System with Blokable Housing Innovation Collaborative

Vertical Integration of the Building System with Blokable

Aaron Holm
Co-CEO, Blokable
  • Navigating Development Approvals in LA City Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Navigating Development Approvals in LA City Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Navigating Development Approvals in LA City Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Navigating Development Approvals in LA City Housing Innovation Collaborative

Navigating Development Approvals in LA City

Robert Duenas
Principal City Planner, LA City Planning's Development Services Center
  • 10 Financing and Policy Solutions to Accelerate Workforce Housing from Milken Institute Accl Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 10 Financing and Policy Solutions to Accelerate Workforce Housing from Milken Institute Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 10 Financing and Policy Solutions to Accelerate Workforce Housing from Milken Institute Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • 10 Financing and Policy Solutions to Accelerate Workforce Housing from Milken Institute Housing Innovation Collaborative

10 Financing and Policy Solutions to Accelerate Workforce Housing from Milken Institute

Matt Horton
Director, Center for Regional Economics and California Center, Milken Institute
  • Upzoning a City – Lessons from Minneapolis 2040 Community Plan Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Upzoning a City – Lessons from Minneapolis 2040 Community Plan Graph Housing Innovation Collaborative

Upzoning a City – Lessons from Minneapolis 2040 Community Plan

Paul Mogush, AICP
Manager, Community Planning Long Range Planning Division, Minneapolis
  • Lessons in Policy from “Missing Middle Housing Challenge” in Arlington, VA Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Lessons in Policy from “Missing Middle Housing Challenge” in Arlington, VA Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Lessons in Policy from “Missing Middle Housing Challenge” in Arlington, VA Housing Innovation Collaborative

Lessons in Policy from “Missing Middle Housing Challenge” in Arlington, VA

Richard Tucker
Housing Arlington Coordinator at Arlington County
  • $1 Billion Real Estate Fund for Black and Brown Communities Unnamed 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative

$1 Billion Real Estate Fund for Black and Brown Communities

SoLa Impact LLC
  • The Right To Housing for Essential Workers & Beyond Housing Innovation Collaborative

The Right To Housing for Essential Workers & Beyond

Mark Ridley-Thomas
City Councilman, District 10 of Los Angeles
  • Social Housing’s Saved Costs & Shared Amenities in Zurich (Mehr Als Wohnen) Housing Innovation Collaborative

Social Housing’s Saved Costs & Shared Amenities in Zurich (Mehr Als Wohnen)

Anne Kaestle
Architect, Partner, Duplex Architects
  • Facebook, & Big Tech’s Role Investing in Housing Production Fb Housing Innovation Collaborative

Facebook, & Big Tech’s Role Investing in Housing Production

John Tenanes
VP of Global Facilities + RE, Facebook
  • Boston’s Missing Middle Housing Future Decker Yx9y7q8i3oxz Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Boston’s Missing Middle Housing Future Decker Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Boston’s Missing Middle Housing Future Decker Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Boston’s Missing Middle Housing Future Decker Housing Innovation Collaborative

Boston’s Missing Middle Housing Future Decker

Taylor Cain
Director, Boston's Housing Innovation Lab
  • Developing a New District: Lessons from HafenCity (Hamburg, Germany) Hafencity Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Developing a New District: Lessons from HafenCity (Hamburg, Germany) Z Galerien En 8 9 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Developing a New District: Lessons from HafenCity (Hamburg, Germany) 7c0926a374c44145b512969872a4254e.6e7b65d0 Housing Innovation Collaborative

Developing a New District: Lessons from HafenCity (Hamburg, Germany)

Jürgen Bruns-Berentelg
Professor, CEO of HafenCity Hamburg GmbH
  • Homeownership for Moderate Income Households in LA Housing Innovation Collaborative

Homeownership for Moderate Income Households in LA

Darrell Simien
SVP Community Development, Habitat for Humanity, Greater Los Angeles
  • Lessons from City-Led Workforce Housing Funds in D.C. Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Lessons from City-Led Workforce Housing Funds in D.C. Screenshot 2022 11 02 090222 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Lessons from City-Led Workforce Housing Funds in D.C. Screenshot 2022 11 02 090657 Housing Innovation Collaborative

Lessons from City-Led Workforce Housing Funds in D.C.

Polly Donaldson
Director, DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
  • Acquisition Funding to Create Moderate Income Housing Pres Housing Innovation Collaborative

Acquisition Funding to Create Moderate Income Housing

Jon Penkower
Managing Director, California Statewide Communities Development Authority
  • Increasing Construction Productivity Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Increasing Construction Productivity Housing Innovation Collaborative

Increasing Construction Productivity

Jacques Bughin
Director, McKinsey Global Institute
  • Building More “Missing Middle Housing” Typologies Missing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Building More “Missing Middle Housing” Typologies Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Building More “Missing Middle Housing” Typologies Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Building More “Missing Middle Housing” Typologies Housing Innovation Collaborative

Building More “Missing Middle Housing” Typologies

Daniel Parolek
Author, Missing Middle Housing
  • Improving Integration In The Construction Process Housing Innovation Collaborative

Improving Integration In The Construction Process

Wolf Mangelsdorf
Partner, Buro Happold Engineering
  • Community of Tomorrow: Lessons in City Planning and Experimentation from Disney / EPCOT Housing Innovation Collaborative

Community of Tomorrow: Lessons in City Planning and Experimentation from Disney / EPCOT

Matt Patches
Senior Writer at Esquire.com
  • More Inclusive Development via The State Density Bonus Housing Innovation Collaborative

More Inclusive Development via The State Density Bonus

Assembly Member David Chiu
California State Assembly Member, State Assembly District 17 (Eastside of San Francisco)
  • Statewide Mandate for More Small-Scale Density: SB 10 Housing Innovation Collaborative

Statewide Mandate for More Small-Scale Density: SB 10

CA State Senator Scott Weiner
California State Senator, 11th Senate District (City of San Francisco)
  • Living Without Single Family Zoning in Oregon Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Living Without Single Family Zoning in Oregon Capture 3 Housing Innovation Collaborative

Living Without Single Family Zoning in Oregon

Chief Planner, Portland, Oregon
  • Housing California: The Need For A Big Vision Housing Innovation Collaborative

Housing California: The Need For A Big Vision

Governor Gavin Newsom
Governor, State of California
  • Activating School Properties For Teacher Housing Schol2 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Activating School Properties For Teacher Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Activating School Properties For Teacher Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Activating School Properties For Teacher Housing Housing Innovation Collaborative

Activating School Properties For Teacher Housing

Dana Cuff
cityLAB / Author, 21st Century Schoolyard Housing
  • Los Angeles Municipal Development Corporation Housing Innovation Collaborative

Los Angeles Municipal Development Corporation

Ron Galperin
Los Angeles City Controller
  • A New Color of Money Color Of Money Housing Innovation Collaborative

A New Color of Money

Mehrsa Baradaran
Author, The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
  • Underwriting Moderate Income Housing Development Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Underwriting Moderate Income Housing Development Housing Innovation Collaborative

Underwriting Moderate Income Housing Development

Bryan Barker
Director, Citi Community Capital
  • Accelerating Construction Speed Broad 1 Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Accelerating Construction Speed Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Accelerating Construction Speed Housing Innovation Collaborative

Accelerating Construction Speed

Juliet Jiang
Senior Vice President for BROAD Sustainable Buildings
  • Property Tax Exemptions (California’s AB-2829) Housing Innovation Collaborative

Property Tax Exemptions (California’s AB-2829)

Assembly Member Phil Ting
California State Assembly Member, 19th Assembly District (Westside of San Francisco)
  • Five Alternative Housing Models for America Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Five Alternative Housing Models for America Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Five Alternative Housing Models for America Housing Innovation Collaborative
  • Five Alternative Housing Models for America Housing Innovation Collaborative

Five Alternative Housing Models for America

Diana Lind
Author, Brave New Home

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