About Us

The Ivory Prize is an annual award recognizing ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to housing affordability. Our Student Associates, Team, and Advisory Board look for solutions which combine innovative elements of finance, policy, and design/construction.

Each year, we gather the housing industry’s leading experts, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and professionals to discuss the state of housing affordability innovation and what is needed to make further progress. See our event calendar to join us at an upcoming gathering.

We host Hack-A-House, an annual hackathon each year to engage students in finding solutions that support housing affordability. Participants have 24 hours to brainstorm and pitch a compelling and innovative idea that responds to each year’s contest prompt.

We support relevant innovations through its partnership with Ivory Homes, Utah’s largest homebuilder. We have multiple mixed income projects in development in the Salt Lake City area and look forward to implementing the most promising ideas for affordability.