Sign in

Ivory Innovations

@ivoryinnovations.bsky.social
20 followers 21 following 91 posts

An operating foundation catalyzing housing affordability by bridging the gap between ideas and impact.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Ivory Innovations
Bipartisan Policy Center @bipartisanpolicy.org · 04/10/2026
Landlords tell HUD they need faster inspections. How does the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act help? Benjamin Hobbs of HUD points explains:
101
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 14h
Hundreds of amazing college student came up with a LOT of ways housing could be made more affordable - vote for People's Choice before the end of the day today and one group will win $1,000! www.hackahouse.org
hackahouse.org
Hack-A-House
A 24-hour student pitch competition to solve the affordable housing crisis. Win thousands in prize money!
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For Parker Pioneer/Havasu News subscribers - learn about the Arizona-based team that won Hack-A-House! www.havasunews.com/parker_pione...
havasunews.com
University of Arizona students win housing innovation competition
A University of Arizona student team earned top honors in a national housing competition for a proposal that combines modular construction with the reuse of underutilized commercial space.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Modular has long offered the dual promise of efficiency and affordability, but hasn't always delivered - we look at why this has happened and what is necessary for success: www.ivoryinnovations.org/post/why-mod...
ivoryinnovations.org
Why Modular Construction Struggles to Scale and What More Durable Models Do Differently | Ivory Innovations
Modular has long offered the dual promise of efficiency and affordability, but hasn't always delivered.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Check out who won Hack-A-House and vote for People's Choice! The winner receives $1,000: www.hackahouse.org/winners/2026
A man in a hat looks at a laptop while another person writes on a tablet nearby.A Hack-A-House sign on a wall
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
See you at the summit: www.ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
COLLEGE STUDENTS!!! Think your idea could solve housing affordability? Pitch it and win up to $6,500! Register today: hackahouse.org
hackahouse.org
Hack-A-House
A virtual student pitch competition to help solve the affordable housing crisis. Win up to $6,500.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Ivory Prize in ProBuilder! - nominate someone today! www.probuilder.com/construction...
probuilder.com
Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability Now Accepting Nominations
The awards program from Ivory Innovations seeks to recognize organizations that are creating scalable, affordable, and accessible housing solutions
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Philanthropic funding + donated land + private development and city cooperation = a way forward for affordable housing in Utah. Learn more about Ivory Innovations' Innovation Park at Holbrook Farms in this piece from @sltrib.com www.sltrib.com/news/2026/09...
sltrib.com
This Utah development wants to be a solution for affordable housing
Developers of affordable condos in Lehi hope the project is a case study for how builders and philanthropists can scale a solution to Utah’s housing crisis.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Help us elevate promising solutions to housing affordability - nominate a housing innovator for the Ivory Prize: www.ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize
National acclaim. Direct funding. A powerful network of housing innovators. The 2027 Ivory Prize.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Over the past decade and a half, first-time homebuyers have been increasingly squeezed out of the entry-level housing market. Here are two strategies HUD could use to expand access: www.ivoryinnovations.org/post/the-roa...
ivoryinnovations.org
Ivory Innovations
Ivory Innovations
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Have you registered yet? www.ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...
ivoryinnovations.org
Ivory Innovations
Ivory Innovations
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🚨AGENDA UPDATE🚨 The full schedule of events is now online for the Ivory Prize Summit: www.ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...
100
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our Advisory Board Member Dr. Jenny Schuetz outlines a clear path forward for housing affordability on The Construction Lending Podcast: landgorilla.com/podcast/the-...
landgorilla.com
The Rules Starving Housing Supply
The Arnold Ventures VP of Infrastructure, Housing and author of Fixer Upper joins The Construction Lending Podcast to break down the rules holding back new homes, why approval timelines are a lender p...
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Senior Research Fellow at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and Ivory Innovations' Director of Research & Education Dejan Eskic is on the Edge Report! open.spotify.com/episode/3Unm...
open.spotify.com
Dejan Eskic - S5-E1 We Don't Build Communities. We Build Subdivisions.
The Edge Report - From Bricks to Clicks · Episode
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tabling at the University of Utah for Hack-A-House, our student pitch competition to find innovative solutions making housing more affordable
Students sitting at a table outdoorsThe view from sitting behind the table. The tablecloth is orange and says "Hack-A-House"
010
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Watch Clark Ivory, Ivory Homes CEO & our co-founder, speak to the future of making housing more affordable through capital, policy, execution, and scalable solutions, on Dave Cooper LIVE! www.linkedin.com/events/what2...
linkedin.com
LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn
Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.
100
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We're ready to move from ideas to implementation! The Let's Build! Policy Watch Report from @UrbanLandInst is full of recommendations that would expand missing middle housing: knowledge.uli.org/en/reports/r...
knowledge.uli.org
Missing Middle Housing From Policy to Practice
This Policy Watch report draws on discussions from the 2026 Let's Build! Housing Policy Forum, hosted by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing. The forum convened a multidisciplinary group of ULI mem...
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Homes built in factories have long been stuck at the fringe of the U.S. housing market. Now, supporters are cheering a new federal housing law that should make it easier and cheaper to build modular and manufactured homes." @wsj.com www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
wsj.com
New Housing Law Boosts Prospects for Factory-Built Homes
Supporters are cheering a new federal housing law that should make it easier and cheaper to build modular and manufactured homes.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trades Futures, the 2026 Ivory Prize Winner in Construction & Design, is hosting the 16th Annual Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference Oct. 9–11, in Houston, Texas. This event is the largest annual gathering of tradeswomen in the world. tradesfutures.org/initiatives/...
tradesfutures.org
Tradeswomen Build Nations - TradesFutures
Welcome to the official page of Tradeswomen Build Nations, the largest gathering of unionized tradeswomen in the world. TWBN 2026 Sponsorship Information: TWBN 2025 Highlights: TWBN 2025 Plenary Intro...
111
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Brookings analysis estimates building housing on the parcels with at least medium demand could generate $2.2 billion in annual rent. www.sltrib.com/news/politic... @sltrib.com
sltrib.com
Utah Sen. Curtis wants to use post office properties to help solve a major national crisis
Amid record-breaking housing costs, a bill from Utah's Sen. John Curtis would allow local communities to lease USPS property rights to construct new affordable housing.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Calling. All. Students. hackahouse.org
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Why come to the Ivory Prize Summit? You’ll get to hear from offsite construction expert Ryan Smith! Along with being an Ivory Innovations Advisory Board member, he directs the @uarizona.bsky.social College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture.
100
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Never miss out on what's happening in the world of housing: www.ivoryinnovations.org/newsletter
ivoryinnovations.org
Ivory Innovations
Ivory Innovations
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our Ivory Prize winners continue to do amazing things, putting housing within reach for more people!👏👏👏 bethesdamagazine.com/2026/05/01/m...
bethesdamagazine.com
MoCo leaders break ground on 413-unit mixed-income community near Shady Grove Metro
The Sage is third project to benefit from county’s $100M Housing Production Fund
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Read about the case for investing in local government, where 2026 Ivory Prize winner the City of Chattanooga and Mayor Tim Kelly get a shoutout! time.com/article/2026...
time.com
The Case for Investing in Local Government
The mayors of Charleston, South Carolina, and Boise, Idaho, make the case for investing in the improvement and innovation of local government.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Register today! www.ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...
Register for the Ivory Prize Summit
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We're joining Utah's housing advocates at the 5th Annual ULI Utah Housing Summit on Aug. 13! We can't wait to explore opportunities and clear a path forward. Be a part of the conversation: utah.uli.org/events-2/det...
utah.uli.org
ULI Utah: Housing Summit 2026 - Building the Future: Leadership • Housing • Community | ULI Utah
BUILDING THE FUTURE:LEADERSHIP • HOUSING • COMMUNITYJoin us for the 5th Annual ULI Utah Housing Summit, where public and private sector leaders come together to…
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
New Rochelle won the 2026 Ivory Prize for their zoning and permitting reform package that created new apartments, something the city began working on 11 years ago and continues to this day, including courting investment through a developer outreach program.
propmodo.com
The City That Rewrote Permitting to Transform Its Skyline and Finances
New Rochelle's Downtown Overlay Zone, launched a decade ago with RXR Realty as master developer, has produced over a billion dollars in investment and a development approval process that takes 60 to 9...
100
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Concentration: that's what it takes to build a future where housing is affordable. Join university students from across the country Sept. 25 & 26-collaborate with peers, learn from industry experts, and pitch your idea addressing housing challenges. hackahouse.org
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Feel like you're missing out on what's happening in the affordable housing space? Subscribe! www.ivoryinnovations.org/newsletter
ivoryinnovations.org
Ivory Innovations
Ivory Innovations
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! hackahouse.org
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Calling all college students! Go to hackahouse.org.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Nearly half of American adults under 30 are living with a parent because of the high cost of housing: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re... @wsj.com
wsj.com
Moving Back Home Used to Be a Sign of Failure. Now It Shows Financial Savvy.
Nearly half of American adults under 30, pinched by the cost of housing, are living with a parent. It can be an adjustment for both.
031
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Utah housing news: Mortgage rates would have to drop below 3% for many Utahns to buy a home www.ksl.com/article/5160...
ksl.com
How low do mortgage rates need to go to make buying a house in Utah affordable?
Mortgage rates would have to drop below 3% to put a median-priced home in reach for many Utahns, a new analysis found.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Kit Switch makes ready-to-install, modular interior products that are being used in Richmond, Calif., where an old hotel is being turned into about 50 units of permanent supportive housing. AND they were 2020 Hack-A-House winners!👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALEn...
youtube.com
🏗️ From Motel to Home: Transforming Housing in Richmond, CA
YouTube video by Kit Switch
100
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In recent years, Colorado has passed a series of laws aimed at easing the frictions that inflate housing costs... The most powerful lever is land. theconversation.com/affordable-h...
theconversation.com
Affordable housing often costs more to build than market-rate housing – Colorado is closing the gap
Lower land costs and new statewide housing reforms have made Colorado an outlier.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
REGISTER FOR FREE STARTING AUG. 3: www.hackahouse.org
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Our student associates have been hard at work this summer! Biwash Gautam is working with Type Five, a company that streamlines design configuration and permitting. Check out Biwash’s piece on a California bill making it easier to build small-scale housing: www.typefive.com/journal/sb-1...
typefive.com
An Overview of Senate Bill 1123 (SB-1123) | Research | Type Five
How SB-1123 fills the gaps left by California's starter home law
100
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Join the innovators, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders redefining what it means to make housing more affordable. www.ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“If you want to make a difference in upward mobility you do two amazing things at the same time; build an incredible housing project that’s super affordable and then put a tutoring literacy center right in the middle of it.” -Clark Ivory, co-founder of Ivory Innovations and CEO of Ivory Homes
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We're always learning more about housing innovation and we want to share it with you! Subscribe to the monthly Ivory Innovations newsletter: ivoryinnovations.org/newsletter
ivoryinnovations.org
Ivory Innovations
Ivory Innovations
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
💡Do you have an innovative idea that would make housing more affordable? Pitch it at Hack-A-House, a 24-hour "hackathon" open to college students nationwide. Compete alone or in a team and win cash!!! Registration opens Aug. 3: www.hackahouse.org
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“This bill directly targets some of the biggest drivers of housing costs: land-use restrictions, permitting delays, financing constraints and regulatory hurdles... Unfortunately, homebuyers should not expect immediate relief." www.cnbc.com/2026/07/11/2...
cnbc.com
New housing law targets affordability — what it means for homebuyers and sellers
While the legislation is aimed at least partly at addressing affordability, experts say the benefits of the measure will take time to show up in the market.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Council of State Governments West conference brought together state legislators in SLC last week, where our VP of Policy & Partnerships Amy Tomasso talked about the Ivory Prize, our national award recognizing scalable innovation in housing affordability. ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize
Amy Tomasso speaks to a room of people at the Council of State Governments West.Amy Tomasso at a podium.Amy Tomasso speaks about housing affordability to a room of people at a conference in Salt Lake City.
200
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The team hosted a tour of Innovation Park at Liberty Wells this week - we're so excited for this bold new chapter for attainable housing in the heart of Salt Lake City! www.innovationparklibertywells.org
A group in hard hats tours an empty apartment unit at Liberty Wells.A group in hard hats stands smiling at the camera at a construction site nearing completion.A man points at a feature in an empty apartment, explaining it to those around him.
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Listen to Amy Tomasso, our VP of policy & partnerships, on the podcast good traffic. with Brad Biehl discussing the Ivory Prize, housing innovation in SLC, exciting new ways philanthropy can drive positive change in affordable housing.
100
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Mark your calendars! Learn everything you've ever wanted to know about building code reform at this webinar from The Boston Foundation, July 14: www.tbf.org/events/2026/...
tbf.org
Unlocking Small Multifamily Housing Through Building Code Reform
000
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Addressing the housing affordability crisis involves a complex mix of solutions. Guides like The Little Book offer local leaders practical strategies for streamlining development. Learn more in @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/jennif...
forbes.com
Is More Affordable Housing Left To Novices?
Creating new housing supply involves a lot of stakeholders who sometimes have little to no housing experience yet have a strong influence on results.
100
Ivory Innovations @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Solving the housing affordability crisis requires moving past traditional blueprints and embracing innovation. This @wsj.com podcast series examines emerging strategies across the country - check it out: www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
wsj.com
How to Solve the Housing Crisis? Everyone Has an Idea
High interest rates and a chronic shortage of inventory have pushed the U.S. housing market to a breaking point. In this podcast series, we examine the strategies emerging to solve the housing shortfa...
000