Building The Innovation Ecosystem

Mission: Increase open collaboration in the housing and community development ecosystem.

Problem: The housing industry is fragmented and vast, making it difficult for stakeholders to understand roles within the industry for incumbent organizations and new entrants.

Solution: Build an online, sortable directory of every organization involved in the process of creating in new unit of housing, with a initial focus on the organizational network of the greater Los Angeles region.

Status

Launched

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Milestones:

• Early 2019– Business development and initial industry landscape research initiated
• December 2019 – First draft of the directory uploaded
• March 2020 – Over 100 organizations included

Press:

• Dwell Magazine: A Los Angeles Nonprofit’s Call for Homeless Housing Solutions Draws 40 Shelter Ideas—and Counting (link)
• Fast Company: Innovative solutions for beautiful, easy-to-build housing to help cities with the homelessness crisis

Production Contributions

Planned Outcome

• Double the number of new partnerships made between organizations working in the housing industry
• 200 active participating organizations
• 2x rate of implementation for new housing innovations

Innovation Themes

• Motels & Hotels
• Empty Homes
• Geometry
• Missing Middle
• Green Alleyways

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Supporting Cast

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