On October 21, 2025, 8 advisory group members of the AIA Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community (HCD) joined leaders at the AIA Housing Summit in Washington, DC, hosted by AIA President Evelyn Lee. The Summit brought together AIA National Leadership, senior leaders from approximately 20 national housing organizations, volunteer leaders, and AIA staff to advance coordinated housing advocacy and action within the AIA and beyond.
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) held their joint ACSA/AIA Intersections Research Conference in Austin, TX, January 9-11, 2025. The conference explored housing as a process, a product, and a place.The conference brought together over 139 attendees from around the world who joined together to speculate on, advocate for, operate within, and struggle with new housing paradigms.Find more information at the ACSA Recap and a Karen Kubey article.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition's Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign and HCD launched a 5-part podcast series on how architects and advocates can shape housing equity to create supportive, sustainable communities!Look for episodes on SoundCloud, Apple, and Spotify!
Michael, Some light reading for the long weekend. This might be close to the Cliff Notes you were looking for: https://www.acceleratorforamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Opportunity-Zone-Designation-Toolkit_FINAL.pdf read more
The thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) will be held from 17 to 22 May 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and is co-organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the read more
Thank you all for your responses! You confirmed it's complicated. I found bits and pieces of the information noted here but there is no "Cliff's Notes" summary I can find. A little more info, the land read more
Jason has provided a very thorough analysis, as usual. But there are a couple items to add. I also don't know if there is a straight answer to the original question. For reference, I have done 5 projects read more
I believe it is even more complicated than that. "Opportunity Zone" could mean a couple of different things in different contexts There is a relatively new program called Opportunity Zones (https://www.hud.gov/opportunity-zones) read more
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