Ivory Innovations Archives - The David Eccles School of Business

Ivory Innovations names 2021 Construction and Design winners

Ivory Innovations, an initiative of the David Eccles School of Business, recently gave out its third round of Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability awards in the Innovations in Construction and Design category. The category honors groups that "are pioneering new material applications and construction methods that are more efficient, scalable, and importantly, more sustainable, resulting in greater affordability," according to the Ivory Prize site. [...]

Dale Frost2023-03-16T18:35:21-06:00June 8th, 2021|

Ivory Innovations shares six solutions for housing crisis

COVID-19 has intensified the already dire housing crisis in America. The need for innovative solutions for housing affordability and sustainability is greater than ever. Ivory Innovations recently proposed six pathways to make housing more affordable and available in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Jerry Norton2020-12-03T12:32:21-07:00December 3rd, 2020|

Students seek to solve housing affordability crisis in Hack-A-House

More than 170 students from around the nation shared their brilliant ideas for solving the housing affordability crisis at this year's Ivory Innovations Hack-A-House competition - and they are attracting notice. Read about the competition - and see some of students' proposed solutions - in Forbes.

Jerry Norton2020-10-27T12:11:16-06:00October 27th, 2020|

Ivory Prize for Housing Innovation announces 2020 winners

Ivory Innovations is proud to announce the winners of this year's Ivory Prize in Housing Innovation. The winners, in three categories, are entities making measurable and scalable strides in housing affordability. The winners are: Finance Rhino; New York, New York Rhino partners with building owners and managers to offer low-cost insurance as an alternative to cash security deposits. Acting as an insurer for property [...]

Jerry Norton2023-03-16T18:32:51-06:00April 20th, 2020|

Hack-a-House returns, offering $5,000 in cash prizes

The Ivory Innovations Hack-a-House is returning for a second year, offering students a chance at $5,000 in prize money for innovations in housing policy, design, and finance. Hack-a-House is a two-day competition fostering innovative ideas to solve Utah's housing affordability problem as the Beehive State continues to grow. The competition brings together the leading local and national voices in housing design, policy, and finance [...]

Jerry Norton2023-03-16T17:09:40-06:00September 10th, 2019|

Four innovators awarded funding to tackle housing affordability

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 10, 2019) - Factory OS and Landed in San Francisco, Home Partners of America in Chicago and The Alley Flat Initiative in Austin have been selected by Ivory Innovations as winners of the inaugural Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability. The national innovation challenge sheds light on emerging and impactful solutions seeking to address America’s housing affordability challenges. “America is suffering with [...]

Jerry Norton2019-04-11T11:15:39-06:00April 11th, 2019|

Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability to give $200,000 for innovative housing ideas

Have a great idea that will make housing more affordable? You may be eligible for the Ivory Prize in Housing Affordability. The $200,000 in prizes — funded by the Clark and Christine Ivory Foundation through Ivory Innovations, an initiative of Sorenson Impact Center — seek to honor innovations in design and construction, financing and public policy that make housing more affordable. Read more about [...]

Jerry Norton2018-09-20T15:26:38-06:00September 20th, 2018|