10 inventive designs put housing within reach of low- and moderate-income individuals and families

A panel of sustainability experts recently gathered at the 2025 ULI Resilience Summit in Denver to discuss how the insurability of affordable housing can be greatly enhanced by using resilient construction.

Experts explore new underwriting models and tax increment financing districts to fund the rebuilding of homes and infrastructure

At the recent Homeless to Housed Symposium—part of the ULI 2025 Spring Meeting in Denver, Colorado—Jeff Olivet, a prominent expert in advancing solutions to homelessness, delivered a keynote address. In it, he not only contextualized the current state of homelessness in the United States but also provided a foundational framework for the forthcoming 10 Principles for Addressing Homelessness: A Guide for Commercial Real Estate & Finance.

At a panel at the 2025 ULI Spring Meeting in Denver, Colorado, legal experts shared their insights on how developers, planners, and housing advocates can better navigate the myriad barriers and evolving legal framework at federal, state, and local levels to advance affordable housing projects and initiatives.

As practitioners in the industry, we can all too easily reduce our thoughts about housing to the practical machinations of our work. Decisions are often made to serve regulatory agencies and capital providers, and to find the cheapest and fastest path to completion. We mustn’t lose sight of the fact that our job is to create places that serve real-life human needs.

Finding success in deploying a collaborative strategy to combat the local housing crisis.

During the 2025 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, a pivotal discussion centered on innovative funding solutions to address homelessness. The “Homeless to Housed: Marrying the Money with the Deal” session, moderated by Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett, featured key leaders in affordable housing, including Shannon Nazworth, president and CEO of Ability Housing; Joy Horak-Brown, president and CEO of New Hope Housing; and Margot Besnard, an associate on the acquisitions team at Jonathan Rose Companies.

Launched in 2022 with the release of its foundational report, Homeless to Housed: The ULI Perspective, ULI’s Homeless to Housed (H2H) initiative aims to address the U.S. housing and homelessness crises through real estate–driven solutions that emphasize a new degree of affordability and necessary connections to supportive services. The early work reflected in the report brought to light the real estate development community’s ability to deploy expertise and resources in addressing homelessness in the communities where ULI members live and work.

Multifamily experts gathered at the University of Southern California to highlight where denser construction is creating affordability.