HUD COPC: Affordable Housing Initiatives: Case Study Prototypes
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has award a multi year grant to establish a Community Outreach Partnership Center. The project Affordable Housing Initiatives Case Study Prototypes is a partnership between the University of Minnesota, the Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation, and the Wilder Foundation. The partnership has three over arching goals; create sustainable, healthy, and culturally responsive, affordable housing; explore the cost reducing potential of new technology; and educate students at the College of Design on aspects of affordable housing. (More»)
| Project: | HUD COPC: Affordable Housing Initiatives: Case Study Prototypes |
| Principal Investigators: | John Carmody, Director, Center for Sustainable Building Research Ann Forsyth, Director, Metropolitan Design Center Mary Guzowski, Associate Professor Pat Huelman, Associate Professor Lance LaVine, Professor |
| Project Manager: | William Weber, Research Fellow, CSBR |
| Design-Research Team: | Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Tom Schirber, Community Housing Liaison (Project Coordinator) Frogtown Community Development Corporation Kris Graham, Director Jill Hendricksen, Assistant Director Becky Kerr, Housign Development Project Manager Department of Architecture Mary Guzowski, Associate Professor (Project Coordinator) Lance LaVine, Professor (Architect) Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Instructor (Social and Cultural) Julia W. Robinson, Professor (Social and Cultural) Steve Weeks, Associate Professor (Construction Methods and Materails) Cold Climate Housing Program Pat Huelman, Associate Professor (Construction, IAQ, and Mechanical Systems) Marilou Cheple, Instructor (Construction, IAQ, and Mechanical Systems) Center for Sustainable Building Research John Carmody, Director (Sustainable Design) William Weber, Research Fellow (Sustainable Design) Rebecca Foss, Research Fellow (Sustainable Design) Center for Urban and Regional Affairs Jim Solem, Senior Fellow Metropolitan Design Center Ann Forsyth, Director (Sustainable Landscape Planning) Frank Fitzgerald, Research Fellow (Sustainable Landscape Planning) Richard Milgrom, Design Center Associate Director (Sustainable Landscape Planning) Katherine Thering, Research Fellow (Sustainable Landscape Planning) Reiling Construction Tom O'Malley, Contractor |
| Sponsors: | US Department of Housing and Urban Development Amherst H. Wilder Foundation |
| Status: | Ongoing |
| Web site: | www.ahi.umn.edu |
