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Oct 25, 2024

Katelyn interns at Roam

By: Katelyn Johnston , Ivory Innovations Senior Associate Katelyn’s Background and Education The University of Utah & Ivory Innovations...

May 20, 2024

Calgary Incentivizes Developers to Reconfigure its Downtown - A Case Study

May 20, 2024 | Office Conversion Case Study How is Calgary planning to fill 6 million square feet of vacant office space? - An Ivory...

May 6, 2024

Washington D.C. Office to Residential - A Case Study

As of February, the broader Washington D.C. area had the largest pipeline of planned office-to-apartment conversions

Mar 20, 2024

Aging in Place

Aging in Place: How Population Change Can Steer Innovation

Housing Innovation Trends from the 2025 Ivory Prize: Shaping the Future of Housing Affordability

Chadwick Reed Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer Each year, the Ivory Prize recognizes the most promising innovations in housing...

Feb 21

Why do we need small-dollar mortgage innovations?

A recent opinion piece in The New York Times explains that small-dollar mortgages

Jan 27

What is social housing?

Introduction to Social Housing in the United States In the last few years, a new term has emerged in housing circles in the United States...

Dec 17, 2024

Opportunity For Reform Within Building Codes

The Impact of Outdated Building Codes on Housing Costs As discussion intensifies around how best to address rising housing costs, some...

Dec 2, 2024

What Does It Mean for Housing Affordability When You Can Buy a House on Amazon?

The Rise of Prefabricated Homes and the Future of Affordable Housing These days, you can buy anything on Amazon. You can even buy a...

Nov 13, 2024

My Summer Internship at Canvas: Creating the Future of Drywall Construction Innovations

By: Jeremiah Munn , Innovative Ecosystem Research Intern Jeremiah’s Education and Background My name is Jeremiah Munn, and I am a senior...

Nov 13, 2024

Erika's Summer at Capsule

By: Erika Jensen, Ivory Innovation Student Associate Erika’s Background and Interests My name is Erika Jensen and I am a junior at the...

Nov 2, 2024

The results are (mostly) in: housing on the 2024 November ballot

Housing Policy in the 2024 Election: A State and Local Perspective There’s been a lot of attention on the federal election, but as the...

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