Affordable Housing

What role can the built environment play in supporting the transgender community? Last year, to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance, ILFI’s Danielle Gonzalez shared her experiences outside ILFI as a transgender consultant and educator and shed light on the impact Just organizations can make towards supporting the transgender community. We now delve deeper to explore the larger role the built…

At Living Future this year, in my hometown of Atlanta, I kicked off the conference by sharing 10 things that are on my mind. Here’s a recap. While you all are out there designing products, building buildings, doing innovative research, writing policy, I spend a lot of my time on movement strategy work, along with my colleagues and our co-conspirators….

Cover Photo: Carmen Villegas Apartments. Image courtesy of Magnusson Architecture and Planning The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is thrilled to announce the launch of our newest affordable housing cohort, with seven affordable housing projects pursuing the Living Building Challenge, Core Green Building, and Zero Carbon certifications! These projects will join a supportive peer engagement network of other ILFI Affordable…

A Holistic Approach In the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the City of Bridges Community Land Trust is tackling the affordable housing challenge in a holistic way. They are addressing the urgent demand for affordable and resilient housing and ensuring that the housing supports the health and well-being of residents, keeps operating costs affordable, and manages construction impact on the community….

Could this be the Future of High-Quality Regenerative Housing? Imagine a housing solution that is not only affordable and prefabricated but also Core Green Building Certified. When you hear these terms, what thoughts and images come to mind? For one of the teams participating in the Affordable Housing Pilot Project by the International Living Future Institute, it signifies an incredible…

Advocating for change in policy and practice The International Living Future Institute’s 2023 Affordable Housing Summit is almost here! Join us for the 2-day event on June 20th and 21st to discuss decarbonization and health in affordable housing. A key theme of this year’s Summit is the effect of policies on the building sector and how architects, developers, and other…

Living Future member Anne Torney discusses Mithun projects and provides her insights on affordable and sustainable housing, climate change, and embodied carbon in concrete.

Affordable housing teams can now filter the Declare database based to find products that meet Enterprise Green Communities criteria.

The Third Edition of ILFI’s Affordable Housing Materials List is now available! Based on feedback from dedicated users, we implemented several updates to make it more expedient to find and source Red List Free products. Manufacturer’s contact information, including contact name, email, and phone number, has been included so that those researching and specifying products know who to reach out…

Header Image: E+Highland, courtesy of Studio G Architects Author’s Note: ILFI has just registered our 50th affordable housing project! To learn more about these projects and our Affordable Housing Program, read below. The latest cohort of ILFI’s Affordable Housing Pilot Projects was selected to join the program in October 2020, after an unprecedented number of applicants responded to the Call…

Header image of 350 China Basin. Image courtesy of Mithun Architects. The International Living Future Institute’s Affordable Housing Summit will take place on June 14th and 15th from 8 am PT to 12 pm PT. Read below for our top five reasons to attend this year’s summit! Sign up here to register.  FIND OUT HOW TO CREATE  CLIMATE-POSITIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING…

Projects pursuing Core and Living Building Certification are required to meaningfully integrate universal design into their structures. This project is a fantastic case study of prioritizing universal design and integrating it with broader environmental and health goals. The Kelsey is a Bay Area non-profit organization dedicated to advancing ‘disability-forward’ housing options. The Kelsey has found that while 26% of Americans…

“For far too long, environmental policy decisions have failed to adequately account for environmental injustice, including the disproportionate, disparate and cumulative impacts pollution and climate change have on low-income communities and communities of color. President Biden has made clear that his Administration will chart a new and better course, one that puts environmental and economic justice at the center of…

Celebrating the Grand Opening of Indiana’s First Zero Energy Affordable Housing Building The Harbor Square project, along with other affordable housing projects in the area, was envisioned to help shape a new future for the city of East Chicago. East Chicago, Indiana is the home of the USS Lead EPA Superfund site, which, unfortunately, is located on the former home…

In 2021, the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) published Integral Group’s fourth Just Label. Just is a voluntary platform that serves as a transparency tool for organizations to publicly disclose operational and HR performance. With over 650 staff globally and 21 locations in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States, Integral Group’s mission is to be the leading Deep Green…

Organizations like the Healthy Building Network (HBN), Housing Partnership Network (HPN), and the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) share a vision for safer and healthier housing and have each developed a set of resources that can be used to educate and to facilitate the selection of safer products. Though there are some differences in terminology and approach among these organizations…